Estimates of fertility and contraceptive prevalence for the development blocks of Madhya Pradesh, based on Madhya Pradesh Target Couple Survey, 1996, indicates that contraceptive use was found to explain only one fifth of the variation in the levels of fertility at the development block level. This observed poor correlation between the fertility level and contraceptive use may be due to two reasons : (i) existing family planning services throughout the State are not of adequate quality and not easily accessible and (ii) they do not have the right orientation, i.e., they do not specifically target highly fecund women wanting to contracept.
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