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Explore the significance of family planning in improving maternal and child health, reducing mortality rates, preventing diseases, and empowering societies. Discover how family size affects available resources and dependency ratios.
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Importance and impact of Family Planning July 21, 2015 Duff Gillespie
Family Planning • Allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their births. • It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility. • A woman’s ability to space and limit her pregnancies has a direct impact on her health and well-being as well as on the outcome of each pregnancy
Benefits of Family Planning • Preventing pregnancy-related health risks in women • Reducing infant mortality • Helping to prevent HIV/AIDS • Reducing adolescent pregnancies • Slowing population growth • Empowering people and enhancing education
Young Dependency Ratio: India Young Dependency Ratio = No. of persons in age group 0-14 years ÷ No. of persons in age group 15-59 years Reduction in YDR in 2001-11 is sharper than that for the decade 1991-2001
Old Dependency Ratio: India • Old Dependency Ratio = • No. of persons in age group 60 years or more ÷ No. of persons in age group 15-59 years • ODR is rising due to higher life expectancy at birth
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