A 1993 review of the state of the family welfare program in the State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) India. With 139 million people, UP is larger than all but six countries in the world. This synthesis of previous studies and recent Census and other existing data provides: 1) a socio-economic and demographic profile with emphasis on fertility and mortality; 2) a review of family size and family planning preferences; 3) an evaluation of the performance of the family welfare services in place; and 4) a review of the extent of involvement of NGO's and the organized sector in the family welfare program.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Administrative Staff College and Management Sciences, Management Information System in Health and Family Welfare, Monograph Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad, 1989.
2.
AlokS. K.Family Welfare Planning. The Indian Experience, Inter-India Publications, New Delhi, 1992.
3.
Anonymous, A Tale of Three Villages, New Internationalist, 88, pp. 11–12, 1980.
4.
Anonymous, Family Planning Programme News, Pop. Cen. Newsletter, 12: 1, p. 3, 1987.
5.
AroraY. L.SinghP., Analysis of Fertility Decline in India through Weighted Path Analysis, Demography India, 18: 1–2, pp. 21–26, January-December, 1989.
6.
BanerjeeS., Family Planning Communication: A Critique of the Indian Programme, Radian Publishers, 210 P. New Delhi, 1979.
7.
BasuA. M., Ignorance of Family Planning Methods in India: An Important Constraint on Use, Studies in Family Planning, 15: 3, pp. 136–142, 1984.
8.
BhatnagarS.MuraliI.BhatiaP. S.TrakrooP. L.SharmaB. B. L.ChananaH. B.SharmaS., A Field Study of IUD Acceptors in the States of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, Department of Planning and Evaluation, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.
9.
BhattacharjeeA., The Turning Point, Populi, 15: 3, pp. 27–33, 1988.
10.
BruceJ., Fundamental Elements of the Quality of Care: A Simple Framework, Working Paper 1, The Population Council, New York, 1989.
11.
Census of India, Population Tables of India, Series 1, 1981.
12.
Census of India, Provisional Population Tables of Uttar Pradesh, Series 25, 1991.
13.
CORT, Use of Risk Approach in Comprehensive MCH Care-An ICMR Mulitcentric Study, Final Evaluation, Centre for Operations Research and Training, Baroda, 1992.
14.
CORT, Family Welfare and Skill Development for Tribal Population in Gujarat-A Baseline Survey, Centre for Operations Research and Training, Baroda, 1992.
15.
CORT, The Need of Establishing Linkages between Voluntary Organizations and Research Institutions, proceedings of a national workshop held on March 3, 1993 at the Centre for Operations Research and Training, Baroda, 1993.
16.
Census Bureau, Sample Registration Survey, New Delhi, 1991.
17.
Department of Family Welfare, Concurrent Evaluation of Family Planning Programme Performance, Department of Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, 1990.
18.
Department of Family Welfare, Yearbook 1984–85, Department of Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, 1986.
19.
Department of Family Welfare, Yearbook 1989–90, Department of Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, 1991.
20.
GandotraM. M.DasN. P., Evaluation of Family Planning Performance in Junaghad District of Gujarat, Mongraph, Population Research Centre, Barida, 1977.
21.
Giridhar, A Study of Logistic Support of Contraceptive, Monograph, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1989.
22.
Government of India, Family Welfare Information and Evaluation System, Evaluation and Intelligence Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, New Delhi, 1986.
23.
GrayB., Folk Media, [unpublished], p. 46, 1985.
24.
GuptaV. K., Expanding the Interpersonal Communication Base for Family Planning: A Study in Co-ordination with Other Agencies, Indian Institute of Management, Public Systems Group, Ahmedabad, vol. ii, p. 63 (PSG Monograph No. 7), 1976.
25.
IIHMR, Management Information and Evaluation System in Uttar Pradesh; An Intensive Study, unpublished document, 1990.
26.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Role of Health Delivery Services in Acceptance of Family Planning-Phase I, A Multi Centric Study, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1986.
27.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Psycho-social Factors Affecting Continuation and Discontinuation of Intra Uterine Device and Oral Pills in Urban India-An ICMR Task Force Study, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1986a.
28.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Utilization of Health and Family Planning Services in Bihar, Gujarat and Kerala-An ICMR Task Force Study, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1988.
29.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Evaluation of Quality of Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning Services at Primary Health Centres and Suggested Strategies for their Improvement-Summary Report, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1989.
30.
Indian Council of Medical Research, Evaluation of Quality of Family Welfare Services at Primary Health Centre Level-An ICMR Task Force Study, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, 1991.
31.
JagatabL., Family Planning Communication in India: Some Considerations for an Alternative Policy, Monograph, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1987.
32.
KhanM. E., Family Planning among Muslims in India, Manohar, New Delhi, 1979.
33.
KhanM. E., Development of Monitoring System for Health and Family Welfare Programme, paper prepared for LASP/TISS National Seminar on Data Base of Indian Economy: Management of Data System, Srinagar, November 3–6, 1986.
34.
KhanM. E., Management Information System in Health and Family Welfare Programmes: Observations from Experimental Projects, Monitioring and Evaluating Family Planning Programmes in the 1990s, Asian Population Studies Series No. 104, United Nations, 1990.
35.
KhanM. E.AnkerR.DastidarS. K. GhoshBairathiS., Inequalities between Men and Women in Nutrition and Family Welfare Services, Social Action, 38: 4, pp. 398–417, 1988.
36.
KhanM. E.BasuJ. K.TamangA. K., India Population Project-II in Uttar Pradesh, Monograph, Operations Resarch Group, Baroda, 1988.
37.
KhanM. E.PatelB. C., Women's Access to Heath and Family Welfare Services, paper presented in a National Wokrshop Organized by NIPCCD on Women's Accessibility to Health Services, June 1990, New Delhi, 1989.
38.
KhanM. E.PatelB. C.ChandrasekharR., Abortion Acceptors in India, Observation from a Prosepctive Study, paper presented for IUSSP SSIIND General Conference, August 1993, Montreal, 1992.
39.
KhanM. E.PatelB. C., Generating Demand for Contraceptives in India: A Case Study of IEC Activities in Uttar Pradesh, International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 13: 2, pp. 151–161, 1992.
40.
KhanM. E.PatelB. C., Family Welfare Programme in Uttar Pradesh, Further Analysis of III all India Family Planning Survey Data, Operations Research Working Papers #3, The Population Council, Pakistan, 1993.
41.
KhanM. E.PrasadC. V. S., Second All India Family Planning Survey, Operations Research Group, Monograph, Baroda, 1982.
42.
KhanM. E.PrasadC. V. S., Under Utilization of Health Services in Rural India. A Comparative Study of Bihar, Gujarat and Kerala Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1983.
43.
KhanM. E.DastidarGhosh S. K., Women's Perspective in Family Planning Programme, Monograph, (Sponsored by the Divison of Family Health, WHO, Geneva), Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1985.
44.
KhanM. E.GuptaR. B.PrasadC. V. S.DastidarGhosh S.K., Performace of Health and Family Welfare Programme in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay, 1988.
45.
KhanM. E.GuptaR. B.ShilpaT. S., Rural Health Infrastructure-A Directory of PHCs and Subcentres, Uttar Pradesh, Vol. II, Monograph, Operations Research Group Baroda, 1989.
46.
KhannaH., Present Status and Future Directions for Increasing the Use of Information, Education, and Communication for Promoting Spacing Methods, paper presented in a National Workshop on ‘Alternative Strategies for Promoting use of Spacing Family Planning Methods’, New Delhi, April 8–9, 1992.
47.
KumarA.SharmaL., Demographic, Health and Family Welfare Studies of the Population, Monograph, Population Centre, Lucknow, 1985.
48.
LalN. B.KumarA.SharmaL., Some Indicators of Baseline Situation in Uttar Pradesh-Programme Implication of Baseline Survey Data, India Population Project II, Monograph, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1984.
49.
MayD. A.HeerD. M., Son Survivorship Motivation and Family Size in India: A Computer Simulation, Population Studies, 22, p. 197, 1968.
50.
MOH & FW, National Health Policy, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, 1983.
51.
MishraB. D., Area Specific Approach in Health and Family Welfare-Uttar Pradesh, Monograph, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, 1992.
52.
MishraB. D.SimmonsR.AshrafA.SimmonsG., The Dilemma of Family Planning in a North Indian State, Studies in Family Planning, 7: 3, pp. 66–74, 1976.
53.
MittalB. L., An Analysis of Mass Communication Activities in Family Planning Programme in Uttar Pradesh, Indian Institute of Management, Public Systems Group, vol. iv, p. 116 (PSG Monograph No. 9), 1976.
54.
MurthyN.PatelK. G., Computer Based Information System for Health and Family Welfare, Monograph, Public System Group, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, n.d.
55.
NarasimhanR.KhanM. E., Social Marketing of Condoms in India-A Trend Analysis for the Period 1981–91, paper presented in a national workshop on ‘Alternative Strategies for Promoting use of Spacing Family Planning Methods,’New Delhi, April 8–9, 1992.
56.
NarayanG.Venkatesh, Trip Report. IEC Training Project in Four States in India: An Assessment, [unpublished] (6): P. 50, 1990.
57.
NatarajanK. S., Fertility and Child Mortality in Uttar Pradesh: An Areal Analysis, in Population Transition in India, Vol. 2, SinghS. N. (eds.), B. R. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 1989.
58.
NatarajanK. S., Fertility and Child Mortality in Uttar Pradesh: An Areal Analysis, in Population Transition in India, Vol. 2, SinghS. N. (eds.), B. R. Publishing Coproation, New Delhi, 1989.
59.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Role of Health Delivery Services in Acceptance of Family Planning in Uttar Pradesh, A WHO/ICMR sponsored study, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1988.
60.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Family Planning Practices in India: Third all India Survey, vol. II, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1990.
61.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Communication Head Assessment in Family Welfare Programme: Study of six Western Districts in Uttar Pradesh, Monograph, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1992.
62.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Towards Strengthening Logistic Support for Conventional Contraceptives and MCH Services, Monograph, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1992.
63.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Condom Sales through the Commercial Sector in Three Northern States in India, Operations Research Goup, Baroda, 1992.
64.
Operations Research Group (ORG), Retailer's Perspectives on Condom Marketing in Three Northern States in India, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1992.
65.
Operations Research Group (ORG), A Survey of Non-government Organization for Delivery of Health and Family Welfare Services in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, Operations Research Group, Baroda.
66.
Planning Commission of India, Seventh Five Year Plan 1985–90, Vol. II, Controller of Publications, Government of India, New Delhi, 1985.
67.
Population Centre, Fertility and Family Planning in Rural Areas: A Post Project Survey in the Area of First India Population Project, Report Series, Population Centre, Lucknow, 1984.
68.
PremiM. K., Family Planning and MCH in Uttar Pradesh-A Review of Studies, Monograph, Indian Association for the Study of Population, New Delhi, 1992.
69.
RajagopalS., Performance of Family Planning Porgramme in India-A Statistical Analysis, paper presented in a national workshop on ‘Alternative Stategies for Promoting Use of Spacing Family Planning Methods,’New Delhi, April 8–9, 1992.
70.
RaoB. N.KhanM. E.PrasadC. V. S., Health Sector Expenditure Differentials in India-A State and National Level Study, Monograph, Operations Research Group, Baroda, 1987.
71.
RastogiS. R., Study of Family Welfare Programme in Uttar Pradesh (Series B: Survey Report No. 19), 73 p., 1984a.
72.
RastogiS. R., Family Welfare Programme in Uttar Pradesh (A Study Conducted in Hardoi and Sultanpur District) (Series B: Survey Report No. 20), 74 p., 1984b.
73.
ReddyP. H.BadariV. S., India Population Projects in Karnataka, Population Research Abstract, 2: 2, pp. 3–11, 1991.
74.
Rural Health Division, Bulletin on Rural Health Statistics in India, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, New Delhi, 1991.
75.
SaksenaG. B., Differential Fertility in Rural Hindu Community: A Sample Survey of the Rural Uttar Pradesh and India, Eugenics Quarterly, 12: 3, pp. 137–145, 1965.
76.
SaksenaD. N., Some Aspects of Family Composition and Family Planning in Hilly Villages of Almora, (Series B: Survey Report No. 3), p. 17, 1973.
77.
SaksenaD. N., Fertility, Child Mortality and Family Planning in the Rural Areas of Uttar Pradesh, India (Series C: Occasional Paper No. 11), pp. 24, 1976.
78.
SaksenaD. N., Family Planning and Health Work at the Grass Roots: Some Issues and New Found Concerns in the Indian Context, (Series C-Occasional Paper No. 20), Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 1979.
79.
SaksenaD. N.RastogiS. R., Communication and Contraception in Rural Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, LucknowVol. 93 (Series B: Survey Report No. 16), 1982.
80.
SaksenaD. N.RastogiS. R., Reach and Effectiveness of Media Popularizing Family Planning Programme: A Study Conducted in Uttar Pradesh, [3], pp. 35 (Series B. Survey Report No. 31). Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow, 1987.
81.
SatiaJ. K.GiridharG., Supply Aspects of Meeting Demand for Family Planning, in The Demographic Challenge: A Study of Four Large Indian States, SatiaJ. K.JejeebhoyS. J. (eds.), Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1991.
82.
SharmaU., Utilizing Dais to Impart Health and Nutrition Education: Impact on Growth, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 54: 1, pp. 111–118, 1987.
83.
SinghR. P., The Pattern of Supply, Distribution and Use of Oral Contraceptive Pill in Rural Areas in Uttar Pradesh, Pop. Cen. Newsletter, 5: 6, pp. 7–10, 1980.
84.
SinghS. N., Some Socio-economic Characteristics of Fertility, Demography India, 14: 2, 1985.
85.
SRI, Proceedings of Workshop on Alternative Approaches to the Delivery of Family Planning Services in Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi, 1992.
86.
SrikantanS.BalasubramanianK., Factors Underlying Stalling of the Birth Rate Decline in India, a study sponsored by the Family Planning Foundation, New Delhi, 1987.
87.
SrinivasanK., Fertility and Proximate Determinants, in The Demographic Challenge: A Study of Four Large Indian States, SatiaJ. K.JejeebhoyS. J. (eds.), Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1991.
88.
SrivastavaJ. N., Determinants of Family Planning Acceptance in India and Uttar Pradesh, (Series C. Analytical Report No. 34) (4), 91 pp., Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow, 1987.
89.
SrivastavaJ. N.SaksenaD. N., Hindu Muslim Differentials in Family Size Ideals and Contraceptive Attitudes and Practice in Rural Uttar Pradesh (Series B: No. 32) 64 pp., Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow, 1988.
90.
SrivastavaJ. N.SaksenaD. N., Population Situation in Uttar Pradesh: Retrospect and Prospects, (Series C: Analytical Report No. 29) 26 pp., Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow, 1983.
91.
SrivastavaJ. N.SaksenaD. N.VermaS. K., Fertility and Family Planning among White Collar Workers, (Series B: Survey Report No. 26), 141 pp., Lucknow University, Department of Economics, Population Research Centre, Lucknow, 1985.
92.
TalwarP. P.GoelO. P., Non-governmental Organizations for Greater l'movement in Health and Family Welfare Programme, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, 1990.
93.
TalwarP. P., Distribution, Intake, Utilization and Effectiveness of Oral Contraceptive Pill in Rural Areas of Uttar Pradesh, Population Centre, Lucknow, pp. 42 (PCRT/25), 1980.
94.
The World Bank, Gender and Poverty in India, A World Bank Country Study, Washington, D.C., 1991.
95.
WeedenD., NGO Involvement in the IFPS Project, unpublished document, CEDPA, New Delhi, 1992.
