Trend Changes in Family Planning: A Case Study of Family Planning in Haryana (HMIS Experiences)

Abstract

India took a lead in launching an official family planning programme in 1952 with the prime objective to balance the population growth along with the development of resources. It started with the modest beginning and steadily expanded. The wide publicity of IUD programme in 1965, social marketing of condoms, the mass Vasectomy camp approach during 1971-73 and the Intensive Efforts approach during 1975 had led to population control through various family planning programmes. Recognition of the changes worldwide and the challenges that are faced by the programme has led to the development of several new policy initiatives.An attempt has been made through this research paper to examine the trends in the number of accepters of various family planning methods such vasectomy, tubectomy, total sterilisations, IUDs, Condom and Oral Pills users over a period of time i.e. 2010-11 to 2013-14 in State of Haryana at the district level variation and trend is examined in the number of acceptors. In order to study the trend change in acceptors of various family planning methods during 2001-11 to 2013-14, linear growth formula using the SPSS (by taking log values of number of acceptors) has been calculated.