Incentive--Its Role in Promoting Sterilization among Industrial Workers

Me, Khan; Cv, Orasad

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“…The first analyzed sterilization rates of workers from four factories (two in East India, two in West India) run by Tata Industries, an Indian conglomerate, to those of workers from four matched factories not part of the Tata conglomerate (Khan and Prasad, 1980). It was Tata Industries policy at the time to provide monetary incentives averaging 188 (Rs.…”

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“…crop rotation), and medicine (e.g., vaccines and antibiotics), which decreased both child and adult mortality and resulted in dramatic increases in the rate of population growth (Ashford and Noble, 1996). In India, for example, population growth had continued largely unabated for more than two decades despite long-standing concerns about the rate of population growth and efforts to curtail it by providing free or subsidized contraceptive supplies, services and education (Khan and Prasad, 1980). By the mid-1950’s, the national government began desperately searching for policies that could reduce the average family size and help reign in population growth.…”

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Incentives to promote family planning

Heil

Gaalema

Herrmann

2012

Preventive Medicine

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Objective Over the past 60 years, population control has become an increasingly urgent issue worldwide as a growing population strains already limited resources. The use of financial incentives to promote family planning is an innovative approach that has potential to make a contribution to efforts to better manage population growth. This report reviews eight studies that examined the effect of incentives on family planning. Method Published studies that tested the impact of incentives to promote some aspect of family planning and included an appropriate control or comparison condition were reviewed. Results Incentives have been used to promote attendance at contraceptive education sessions, adoption and continuation of contraceptive methods, sterilization, and to limit family size. All but one of the eight studies reviewed reported positive outcomes, but weaknesses in study design and execution limit the strength of the conclusions that can be drawn. Conclusion Review of this literature suggests that family planning behaviors, like other behaviors, are sensitive to incentives. Given the tremendous need for efficacious interventions in global efforts to manage population growth, further research on this topic using more rigorous experimental methods is warranted.

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