A study on factors governing reproductive profile of women of Todapur-Dasghara, Delhi

Page: 450-453

Sonali Walia, Atreyo Mondal, and P.R. Mondal (Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi)

Women’s reproductive health is a sensitive indicator of the health of a society. Reproductive health of women includes the menarche, age at marriage, still birth, abortions and mortality. Women’s reproductive health has been the centre of attention in various conferences where stress is laid on population control, women empowerment, gender equality, mother and child health etc. The objective of this study is to evaluate the demographic profile of women (age, sex, occupation, & education). To perceive the reproductive profile (age at menarche, age at marriage ,still births, neonatal death, & mortality). A cross-sectional study was performed on women aged 15-55 years of Todapur-Dasghara. A data of 900 was collected using interview schedule. The results showed that the mean age at menarche is 13.99 years. It was observed that 59.7% of the women got married before 18 years of age. The median age at first marriage is 18.72 years. Abortions and Neonatal deaths reported were less. The crude death rate is 7.26.The infant mortality rate is 26.6 per 1000 live births. It may be concluded that every married women of Todapur-Dasghara is less educated with a lower mean age at marriage. Infant mortality is low but overall mortality is high.