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TableTableAdjusted odds ratios for c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> north as compared with south after c<strong>on</strong>troll<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g for9various characteristics <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> India: 1992/93 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06North compared with southCovariates2005/06 1992/93OR 95% CI OR 95% CIRegi<strong>on</strong>: Crude 0.425 (0.396 - 0.455) 0.332 (0.310 - 0..355)Adjusted AOR AOREducati<strong>on</strong> 0.438 (0.409 - 0.469) 0.374 (0.351 - 0.399)Educati<strong>on</strong> + Employment 0.465 (0.434 - 0.499) 0.408 (0.382 - 0.435)Educati<strong>on</strong> + Employment + Residence 0.476 (0.443 - 0.511) 0.416 (0.390 - 0.445)Educati<strong>on</strong> + Employment + Residence +Wealth0.517 (0.482 - 0.554) 0.449 (0.421 - 0.479)Parity 0.331 (0.305 - 0.359) 0.267 (0.247 - 0.289)# of liv<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g s<strong>on</strong>s 0.291 (0.268 - 0.315) 0.247 (0.229 - 0.267)# of child deaths 0.417 (0.389 - 0.447) 0.329 (0.307 - 0.352)The tim<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> pace of fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e varied acrossstates, suggest<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> importance of state-specific socialsett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gs. Fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e started earlier <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed faster<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states that <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>vested <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> health <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> educati<strong>on</strong>.In nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states that did not <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>vest adequately <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> health<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> educati<strong>on</strong>, fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed later <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> at a slower pace.TFR <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kerala <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tamil Nadu had already decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed to4.7 by 1966, even before <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> reorganizati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> familyplann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programme, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> reached <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> replacement level by1991 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kerala <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> by 1997 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tamil Nadu.The importance of social sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g for fertility differentialsobserved <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2004 is illustrated by a classificati<strong>on</strong> of 15major states accord<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir levels of <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fant mortality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>female educati<strong>on</strong>. When this is d<strong>on</strong>e by us<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g data fromNFHS-3, we f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>d that most of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> states fall <strong>on</strong> a diag<strong>on</strong>al(see Table 12). States with a poorer social sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, i.e., withhigh <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fant mortality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> low female educati<strong>on</strong>, also havehigh fertility. This group <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>cludes Bihar, Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Uttar Pradesh. At <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r extreme areKerala <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Tamil Nadu with TFRs of less than two births.These states also have a good social sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, i.e., low <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fantmortality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> high female educati<strong>on</strong>. The rema<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g n<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>emajor states fall <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se two extremes. There are afew excepti<strong>on</strong>s. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka,Maharashtra <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Punjab have achieved replacement-levelfertility at a slightly higher level of <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fant mortality or aslightly lower level of female educati<strong>on</strong>. However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re isno state with a good social sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> high fertility (for asimilar analysis of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> NFHS-1 data, see Ja<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, 1998c).Demographers have been <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>terested for quite a l<strong>on</strong>gtime <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> expla<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se regi<strong>on</strong>al differences between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>north <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> south. Dys<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Moore (1983) attributed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>differences <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> demographic behaviour between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> south to differences <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> k<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ship structure 12 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>lower female aut<strong>on</strong>omy <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north. Satia <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Jejeebhoy(1991) attributed high fertility <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> low c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north to lower female educati<strong>on</strong>, lower ec<strong>on</strong>omicopportunities for women, higher child mortality <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>deficiencies (limited availability <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> poor quality) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>implementati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programme. Earlyfertility transiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kerala is attributed to more equitableachievement <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> female educati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> health or socialdevelopment (for additi<strong>on</strong>al policy <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>formati<strong>on</strong>, see Nag,1984 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Krishnan, 1998). While fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> TamilNadu is attributed to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> social reform movement of powertransfer to lower caste <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dividuals <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1920s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1930s,<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> movement itself is attributed to <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creas<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g literacy <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> state (Bhat, 1998). The family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programmescerta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ly c<strong>on</strong>tributed to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> accelerati<strong>on</strong> of fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>eafter reorganizati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> programme <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1966.The experience of fertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> India po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ts to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>synergistic effect of social development <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> familyplann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programme. Social development c<strong>on</strong>tributed tofertility decl<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>e by creat<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g a desire for smaller families,while <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programme <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased accessto fertility-regulat<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g methods, which helped couplesto transform <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir fertility desires <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to practice. A betterhealth delivery system <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> states such as Kerala <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> TamilNadu also made it easier for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programmeto make services for c<strong>on</strong>traceptives widely available towomen <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> couples. A better educati<strong>on</strong> system <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>sestates made it easier for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programme torecruit <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> staff needed to provide such services. Moreover,better educati<strong>on</strong> also implied that a higher proporti<strong>on</strong> ofwomen <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se states were exposed to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gmessages propagated by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programmethrough mass media. For example, 57 per cent of women145

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