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Nature and composition of inter-state migration into districts of Kerala: some evidence from Census of India, 2011
The state of Kerala has always been the forerunner in educational and social reforms in India, but now it is crucial to integrate inter-state migrant workers into its society for the state’s economic welfare. To achieve this, knowledge of size of migrant population and their regional distribution is essential. It could be eventually used for planning, provisioning health and welfare activities, sensitization of host communities, and making migrant inclusive policies. The main objective of this analysis was to describe the mobility into Kerala state by examining the inter-state and inter/intra-district migration streams, identifying the reasons for migration across the districts of Kerala using the data from the 2011 Census of India. In Kerala, 17.70 million (53.0%) were migrants by place of last residence while inter-state migrants in Kerala were 0.65 million. The largest proportion of inter-State migrants in Kerala was from Tamil Nadu (47.58%). Of all inter-state migrants in the districts of Kerala, the highest proportion was in Ernakulam district (12.3%). Among inter-state migrants from West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Assam (long-distance migrants), a minimum of 1.5-to-twofold increase among short duration migrants was observed. At the same time, about 20 percent reduction in proportion of short duration inter-state migrants from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (short distance migrants) was noted. The main reason for internal migration was stated as ‘marriage’, but for inter-state migrants in Kerala the most common reason was ‘Moved with household’. Among in-state women migrants, the reason for migration among a sizable percentage is ‘Moved with household/family. The public health programmes in Kerala have to take this characteristic into their reckoning and provide for them as well.
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Gender preference and awareness regarding sex determination among antenatal mothers attending a medical college of eastern India
Aim: There are many women \"missing\" due to an unfavourable sex ratio in India,, which has strong patriarchal norms and a preference for sons. Female gender discrimination has been reported in health care, nutrition, education, and resource allocation due to man-made norms, religious beliefs, and recently by ultrasonography resulting in lowered sex ratio. Methods: The present study attempts to find out the level of awareness regarding sex determination and to explore preference of gender and factors associated among antenatal mothers attending a medical college in eastern India. Interviews were done by predesigned pretested proforma over 6 months. The data were analysed by SPSS 16.0 software for proportions with chi-squared tests and binary logistic regression analysis. Results: Most women who were multigravida did not know about contraceptives; 1.8% of mothers knew the sex of the fetus in present pregnancy while another 34.7% expressed willingness; 13.6% knew of a place which could tell sex of the fetus beforehand; 55.6% expressed their preference of sex of the baby for present pregnancy while 50.6% of their husbands had gender preference. Gender preference was significantly high in subjects with: lower socioeconomic status (p=0.011); lower level of education of mother (p=0.047) and husband (p=0.0001); multigravida (p=0.002); presence of living children (p=0.0001); and husband having preference of sex of baby (p=0.0001). Conclusions: Parental education, socioeconomic background, and number of living issues were the main predictors for gender preference. Awareness regarding gender preference and related law and parental counselling to avoid gender preference with adoption of small family norm is recommended.
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