A STUDY OF ACCEPTORS AND NON-ACCEPTORS OF FAMILY-PLANNING METHODS AMONG 3 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES

The tribal households are nuclear families and their household sire is more or less similar to that of general population. Higher literacy and high rate of acceptance of family planning methods has been observed among three tribes compared to rest of the tribal population in the state. Both accepters and non-accepters are in the younger age groups. Tubectomy and Vasectomy are common methods of family planning. Accepters got operated through government institutions. The non-accepters are not much different from the sterilised women with respect to any of the background characteristics.