?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Population+Stabilization+in+India%3A+A+Sub-State+level+Analysis&rft.creator=Purohit+C%2C+Dr+Brijesh&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=The+study+aims+at+analyzing+economic+and+policy+factors+impinging+upon+population+stabilization+measures+at+the+district+(sub-state+level)+in+India.+It+reflects+upon+popularly+debated+notions%2C+namely%2C+that+development+is+the+best+contraceptive+or+whether+contraceptive+is+the+best+development.+In+order+to+reflect+upon+this+notion%2C+we+hypothesize+that+the+factors+determining+the+success+of+population+stabilization+measures+are+likely+to+be+different+across+rich+and+poor+states.+It+is+more+likely+that+in+a+rich+state+economic+development+becomes+a+significant+factor+for+population+stabilization+relative+to+a+direct+intervention+by+the+state.+By+contrast%2C+in+a+poorer+state%2C+direct+intervention+acquires+main+significance+relative+to+supporting+influence+of+economic+development.+To+test+the+validity+of+our+assumption%2C+we+have+the+district+level+data+for+the+three+categories+of+Indian+states+belonging+to+different+income+levels+relative+to+overall+average+of+the+country.+Thus+we+focus+on+the+district+level+information+of+the+three+states%2C+namely%2C+Maharashtra%2C+Madhya+Pradesh+and+Orissa%2C+which+in+terms+of+per+capita+income%2C+belong+to+rich%2C+middle+income+and+poor+category+of+states+respectively.+Our+regressions+using+district+level+data+for+three+states+depict+the+significance+of+difference+in+influential+variables+across+the+categories.+The+results+thus+confirm+our+hypothesis+that+direct+intervention+acquires+main+significance+at+a+lower+level+of+per+capita+state+income+and+economic+development+becomes+a+major+influential+factor+at+higher+levels+of+per+capita+state+income.+The+results+also+support+our+earlier+results+using+state+level+data.+In+the+light+of+these+results%2C+it+could+be+emphasized+that+in+the+long+run+development+is+the+best+contraceptive.+However%2C+in+the+short+run%2C+a+considerable+achievement+could+be+made+by+improving+basic+health+and+family+planning+services+and+by+increasing+the+level+of+facilities+including+basic+amenities%2C+media+and+infrastructure+development.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.contributor=Baliga%2C+Dr.+Shantaram&rft.date=2007-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5493%2F1%2F2006-4-1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Purohit+C%2C+Dr+Brijesh++(2007)+Population+Stabilization+in+India%3A+A+Sub-State+level+Analysis.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5493%2F