Reproductive Health of Urban Women: A Study of Women Migrants from Kerala in Mumbai

Abstract

Reproductive health problems of women are one of the major public health concerns in India. Migrant women lack knowledge regarding sexual and reproductive health and therefore the likelihood of getting reproductive health problems are more among them. Hence, it is essential to have special attention to the needs of women migrants especially in the urban areas. The present paper, based on primary data collected from women migrants in working women's hostels of Mumbai, aims to understand the working and living conditions and its association on reproductive health status of the women migrants in Mumbai. The analysis indicates that more than half of the women migrants had at least one of the reproductive health problems. The mean number of reproductive health problems varies according to the working and living conditions of the migrant working women. The quality of life of women migrants was found to have a significant effect on their reproductive health status. Thus, it is essential to ensure better working and living conditions and quality of life in order to improve the reproductive health status of women migrants.