Kerala

Question 1

What is the population?

Answer 1

32 million

Question 2

If it was its own country what stage would it be on the DTM?

Answer 2

Stage 4, alongside USA

Question 3

What was the scheme called?

Answer 3

National Family Programme

Question 4

What year was it launched?

Answer 4

1952

Question 5

What did the communist government encourage?

Answer 5

social changes and smaller families

Question 6

What % of babies are born in hospital?

Answer 6

95%

Question 7

Adult literacy rate?

Answer 7

91% (USA is 96%)

Question 8

How many years later do women marry and have first child than India?

Answer 8

marry 4 years later and first child 5 years later

Question 9

Infant mortality?

Answer 9

10/1000

Question 10

Infant mortality?

Answer 10

10/1000 (USA7)

Question 11

Fertility rate?

Answer 11

1.66

Question 12

How low is poverty in Kerala?

Answer 12

lowest in South India

Question 13

Methods (8)

Answer 13

• Improving education standards
• Improving child health through vaccination programmes
• Providing free contraception
• Encouraging higher age of marriage
• Allowing maternity leave only for 2
• Extra retiring benefits for smaller families
• Land reform programme
• Adult literacy classes