Reproductive and Child Health in India: Diversity, Control Over Reproduction and Performance

Abstract

Reproductive and child health (RCH) in India is characterised by differential diversity and women lack largely control over their reproduction which among many factors, is highly affected by the standard of living of women. This paper analyses the standard of living of women for their Reproductive and Child Health in India to study diversity and extent of control of their reproduction by developing two models-socio-economic model and demographic models. Two sets of variables viz. reproductive and child health care have been selected for analysis, based upon National Family Health Survey (2005-06), bi-variate and multi-variate regression tables have been generated for support of the findings. The study suggests that the policy makers should strategically focus specifically on achieving the goals of RCH especially upon bettering the standard of living of women.