Reproductive health and child spacing in rural South India

Principal investigator

Inge Hutter

Collaboration

J.S.S. Institute of Economic Research, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Funding

KNAW (Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences) & IDPAD (Indo-Dutch Programme for Alternatives in Development)

Activities

• Census
• Survey
• In-depth interviews 1999
• IDPAD Review Workshop, March 2000
• 5^th phase, research projects, Ramesh

Publications

• Manuscript, published by Sage Publishers, New Delhi, in cooperation with IDPAD (forthcoming 2004)
• Hutter, I. N.V. Rajeswari, J.S. Hallad & B.M. Ramesh, Child spacing and reproductive health in rural Karnataka, India. From research to action. IDPAD. Manohar Publishers, New Delhi (under review)
• Hutter, I., B.M. Ramesh, K.E.T. Rajarama & P. Riiti (2002), Reproductive health and child spacing in rural South India. Basic report in-depth interviews, female and male perspective. Groningen Demographic Reports 27.
• Hutter, I., S. Mehta & M. Verhagen (2001), IDPAD Workshop ‘Aids prevention and care for people affected by Aids in India’, June 27-29 2001. Newsletter IDPAD 10: 7-8
• Hutter, I. (1999), Reproductive health in rural South India. Newsletter IDPAD 5: 5-7
• Hutter, I., N.V. Rajeswari, J.S. Hallad & B.M. Ramesh (1999), Reproductive health and child spacing in rural South India. Survey basic report. Groningen Demographic Reports 26.
• H utter, I. (1998), Reproductive health and child spacing in rural South-India; contribution to a reorientation of population policies in India: background paper to the project. Groningen Demographic Reports 23.
• Rajeswari, N.V. & I. Hutter (1998), Reproductive health and child spacing in rural South India. Census basic report. Groningen Demographic Reports 25.
• Hutter, I. (1998), She is with a stomach: nutrition of pregnant women and well-being of children (popular version of dissertation), Manohara Grantha Mala Publishing Company, Dharwad. Also translated in Kannada: Avalu hotte illi adaale ('She is with a stomach'), Manohara Grantha Mala Publishing Company, Dharwad