Inability to conceive and treatment-seeking behaviour in Uttar Pradesh state in India

Authors

  • Brijesh P. Singh Asst. Professor (Statistics), Faculty of Commerce & DST-CIMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
  • Upasana Shukla Upasana Shukla, JRF, Department of Statistics & DSTCIMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25336/P6XC7T

Keywords:

infertility, lifetime infertility, current primary infertility, childlessness

Abstract

An attempt is made to estimate the prevalence of inability to conceive (commonly referred to as infertility) and treatment-seeking behaviour in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, using the District Level Household Survey data collected in 2007–08 (DLHS-3). In Uttar Pradesh, infertility is estimated to be about 11 per cent in females aged 20–34 among the total ever-married women of reproductive age (20–49) whose marital duration is more than two years. Among infertile respondents, more than three-quarters suffer from primary infertility. Also, about 85.0 per cent of women seek treatment for lifetime infertility.

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Published

2015-02-09

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 1-2 (2015): Spring/Summer

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