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Title: ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND FAMILY WELFARE EXPENDITURE IN INDIA: A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY DATA
Authors: Rimon Saha and Sanchita Mukherjee
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Rimon Saha1,2 and Sanchita Mukherjee3 1. Doctoral fellow at Centre for development studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India and 2. Assistant Professor at Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, Raniganj, West Bengal, India 3. Doctoral candidate at Centre for development studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
MLA 8 Saha, Rimon, and Sanchita Mukherjee. "ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND FAMILY WELFARE EXPENDITURE IN INDIA: A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY DATA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 3221-3234, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.027. Accessed Oct. 2020. APA 6 Saha, R., & Mukherjee, S. (2020, October). ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND FAMILY WELFARE EXPENDITURE IN INDIA: A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY DATA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(10), 3221-3234. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.027 Chicago Saha, Rimon, and Sanchita Mukherjee. "ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY AND FAMILY WELFARE EXPENDITURE IN INDIA: A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS USING NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY DATA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 10 (October 2020), 3221-3234. Accessed October, 2020. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.027.
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Abstract: Background: Rising adolescent Pregnancy has been considered as an emerging serious concern all over the world, especially in case of developing countries. Preventing births very early in a woman’s life is an important measure to improve maternal health and reduce infant mortality. This paper examines the problem adolescent pregnancy in India and provides an overview of present situation. Objectives: The paper analyzes interstate disparities and disparities across socio-economic groups in the adolescent birth rates (ABR) and examines the response of adolescent birth rate to state government family welfare expenditure in India during 2005-06 and 2015-16. Methods: Data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Bulletin, National Family Health Survey for the year 2005-06 (NFHS-3) and 2015-16 (NFHS-4) are used to compute and compare adolescent birth rates in India. Expenditure elasticity of ABR and position analysis is used to examine the effect of government family welfare expenditure on ABR Results: ABR is negatively correlated with government family welfare expenditure. The impact of government family welfare expenditure on ABR is most prominent for the states of Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka and Odhisa. During the decade, Uttar Pradesh has shown remarkable improvement, whereas West Bengal is the worst performer. Conclusion: ABR being a progress indicator of Sustainable Development Goal-3, results show that greater investment on family welfare by the States would result in more effective reduction of ABR to its 2030 SDG target.

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