What alternative Birth control programmes exist?
A Case study of the Differences between Kerala, India and China
Kerala’s GDP per capita ($) is 2,950. This is extremely high in comparison with the average Indian GDP per capita and other low-income countries (around 6.5 times higher). It is however still very low in comparison with the UK, which has a GDP per capita of 27,000, almost ten times higher.
Kerala’s infant mortality rate and fertility rate (per 1,000) respectively are 12 and 1.8, in comparison with India’s averages of 65 and 3.1; this clearly shows how new-born children and infants in Kerala have a much greater chance of survival and that there is a lower birth rate, which also shows that women are more educated and have a higher status than in the rest of India. The infant mortality rate is significantly higher than that of the UK (7) but much lower than the average of other low-income countries (80). The same is true for fertility rates, although Kerala’s fertility rate is very close to that of the UK’s, just higher by 0.1.
