Family Welfare Expenditure, Contraceptive Use, Sources and Method-Mix in India

Making universal access to sexual and reproductive health care a reality, thus building momentum for comprehensive family planning by 2030, is key achieving sustainable development goals. However, in the last decade, India has been retreating from progress achieved planning. Family large country such as critical developmental Against this backdrop, paper investigated question of how far welfare expenditure affects contraceptive use, sources methods, method-mix using triangulation micro macro data analyses. Our findings suggest that, except female sterilizations, modern methods contraception do not show positive relationship with expenditure. Notwithstanding rise overall expenditure, spending on core programs stagnates. State-wise socio-economic heterogeneity source-mix continued influence India. Method-mix skew towards sterilization. Public sector helpful only promoting Thus, contraceptives presents clear public-private divide. Over time, all public declined while private failed fill gap. In conclusion, study identified need revitalizing promote spacing relatively lower-performing states groups increase use through