FERTILITY AND FAMILY PLANNING PRACTICES AMONG JATS AND JATAVS OF DISTRICT MATHURA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
JASTINDAR MANCHANDA *
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
P. K. DATTA *
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study based on 102 Jat and 48 Jatav married women reveals that the Jat community has a distinctly higher fertility than Jatavs despite the fact that both communities have essential know how of prevalent family planning measures. Socio-economic status of the couple is inversely proportional to some extent, with the fertility of women. Greater stress on family planning measures are suggested for all communities in rural areas.