A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF FEMALE EDUCATION ON FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR

EDUCATION

There is a close relationship between Education and Fertility. Fertility is highly affected by education. By educating women, it helps the women to think and decide their own future and family by taking proper decisions which is not only good for their own health and family but also for society and country. Education and women's participation in decision making is better in case of educated women than uneducated women. So, we can say that higher the educational attainment lowers the fertility, lower the educational status higher the fertility rate. The present study was designed to describe the nature of relationship between education and fertility behaviour of women. The area selected for study is Taraboi village of Khordha district of Odisha, from the point of convenience. The respondents of the study are the married women in the age of group 20-40 via random sampling. The tool used for the research was a standardized interview schedule. It was taken from the research study conducted by (K. V. Sunil Kumar, 2020). Using different statistical technique data were analysed. The findings reflect there is a significant difference in awareness level of educated and uneducated women. The study revealed the difference in awareness level of women on the basis of their education towards fertility behavior. It was observed that women having less educational qualification have less awareness about family planning. The study also showed that education has great impact on fertility behavior of women.

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