Kerala, India Flashcards
1
Q
Where is Kerala?
A
In the far south of India
2
Q
Why is this a non-birth control policy?
A
Social changes played a major part in the plans, as well as contraception.
3
Q
How long has Kerala’s education policy been in existence?
A
56 years, since 1960
4
Q
What did the policy involve?
A
- Improving education standards and treating girls as equal with boys.
- Providing adult literacy classes in towns and villages.
- Educating people to understand the benefits of smaller families.
- Reductions in infant mortality so people no longer need to have so many children.
- Improving child health care through vaccination programmes.
- Encouraging a higher age of marriage.
- Allowing maternity leave for the first two babies only.
- Providing extra retirement benefits for those with smaller families.
- Free libraries in most villages.
- Land reform programme – so everyone is able to be self-sufficient.
- The Right to Literacy Programme. Organises reading and writing classes in villages, no matter how remote they are.
5
Q
What programme would improve child health?
A
A vaccination programme
6
Q
How much land was everyone allowed to have?
A
8ha
7
Q
What do most villages have?
A
Free libraries and reading and writing programmes
8
Q
Why did people not need to have so many children?
A
Decrease in death rate
9
Q
What is the difference between Kerala’s life expectancy and the UK’s?
A
8 years
10
Q
What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is Kerala in?
A
Stage 4
