Preference for male child among married adults in rural and urban field practice areas of Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India

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dc.contributor.authorVardhan, Y. Vishnuen_US
dc.contributor.authorRao, D. Srinivasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T09:52:57Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T09:52:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-02
dc.description.abstractBackground: Reduction of national fertility levels was directly proportional to the preference of male child in many families in India. We conducted this study on 214 married adults, in both sexes to find out whether this strong preference still exists in this decade or not, and if it does what could be the reasons.Methods: A community based cross-sectional study done by face to face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire containing both qualitative and quantitative variables, among 214 married adults.Results: Upon analysing the results, we identified that higher son preference (61.23%) is seen in many rural families, and is strongly associated with low socio-economic status, literacy rate and caste. The reasons by which these families prefer male child were also broadly categorized and identified. Economic utility (78%) and old age security (61%) was found to be the major reasons most families has quoted in preferring a son.Conclusions: By improving the literacy rate and job opportunities in the community, fertility rate can be reduced, especially in rural areas where the other options are limited.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Chettinad Health and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Viswabharathi Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationVardhan Y. Vishnu, Rao D. Srinivas. Preference for male child among married adults in rural and urban field practice areas of Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2020 Feb; 7(2): 546-549en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/202116
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200424en_US
dc.subjectEconomic burdenen_US
dc.subjectFemale childen_US
dc.subjectFertility rateen_US
dc.subjectFeticideen_US
dc.subjectIlliteracyen_US
dc.subjectLow SESen_US
dc.subjectMale childen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.titlePreference for male child among married adults in rural and urban field practice areas of Narayana Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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