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Psychology, Contraception, and Family Planning

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India has adopted family planning as her national policy. A considerable amount of money is being spent on family planning activities and yet there has not been any marked curb in population growth. The people are not sufficiently motivated towards the practice of contraceptives. The reasons behind this are mainly psychological. The author has tried to investigate the reasons.

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  1. Home and Social Science Department, Calcutta University, India, 50/1 Hindusthan Park, Calcutta, 700029, India

    I. Ray

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  1. Frauenklinik am Diakonissenkrankenhaus Mannheim, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Heidelberg, Speyerer Straße 91, 6800, Mannheim 1, Germany

    Wolf Eicher

  2. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität, Möhlstraße 26, 8000, München 80, Germany

    Götz Kokott

  3. Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität, München, Biedersteiner Straße 29, 8000, München 40, Germany

    Hermann-J. Vogt

  4. Gynäkologische und Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Kreiskrankenhaus, Krankenhausstraße 46, 8765, Erlenbach/Main, Germany

    Volker Herms

  5. Sexualmedizinische Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle im Klinikum, Christian-Albrecht-Universität Kiel, Hospitalstraße 17-19, 2300, Kiel, Germany

    Reinhard Wille

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Ray, I. (1988). Psychology, Contraception, and Family Planning. In: Eicher, W., Kokott, G., Vogt, HJ., Herms, V., Wille, R. (eds) Sexology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73794-7_4

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