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1
Q

Where is Kerala in India?

A

State in South west

2
Q

Population of Kerala

A

32 million

3
Q

Population density

A

819 people per km^2 = 3 times national average

4
Q

What percentage of India’s population

A

3.4%

5
Q

Aim of policy

A

Create a society that encourages smaller families

6
Q

10 aspects of policy

A
  • improve education and treat girls as equals
  • adult literacy classes in towns
  • educate on benefits of small families
  • Reduce IMR
  • Vaccination programmes to improve child health
  • Free contraception and advice
  • Encourage higher age of marriage
  • Maternity leave for first 2 babies only
  • Extra retirement benefits
  • Land reform programme to solve food supply issues
7
Q

Why was the policy successful?

A

Due to social and societal reforms

8
Q

5 successes / results of policy

A
  • More girls to uni than boys
  • Right to literacy programme runs writing and reading classes = always well attended
  • Most villages free libraries
  • Land redistributed = no one landless
  • No one allowed > 8 ha and everyone self sufficient = larger families disadvantaged
9
Q

Kerala is one of few regions in the LEDW to…

A

Reach stage 4 of DTM

10
Q

Life expectancy

A

73

11
Q

Percentage babies born in hospitals

A

95%

12
Q

Female literacy rate

A

91%

13
Q

IMR

A

12 per 1000

14
Q

GDP

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1/10 of UK’s but 6.5 times larger than India’s average as a whole

15
Q

Fertility rate

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1.8 per 1000 - almost half of India’s average

16
Q

Date

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1952