English

Abstract

The Government of India launched a family welfare programme, whose main objective is to spread the knowledge of family planning method and develop among the people and attitude favorable for adoption of contraceptive method several KAP studies have been conducted. The present study was conducted in Batakurki village, which is at the distance of 20km from Ramdurg city. The present paper is an effort to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning (KAP) among the Batakurki agriculture labor women. The findings show that the maximum educational level of the respondents is illiterate. Since agriculture is the primary occupation they are agriculture laborers which accounts for 100 percent. Their income ranges from Rs 5, 00 to 25, 00. 75 percent of the respondents had the knowledge of tubectomy. Tubectomy is the most popular method in the study villages. INTRODUCTION: In the early 1950s, the Government of India launched a family welfare programme. This programme is to accelerate the country's economic and social development, and has formulated an official policy with the aim of reducing the rate of population growth. The programme was accorded special priority during the 1960s and 1970s, but so far only met with marginal success, that is till 1989-1990, only 41.9 percent of the total eligible couple has been effectively protected.1