Targets versus extension education
The Family Planning Programme in Uttar Pradesh, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4800664 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Elder (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 249-261 |
| Publication date | 1974-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00324728.1974.10405178 |
| PMID | 22070205 |
| OpenAlex | W2325762891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The article examines the impact of target setting on a Family Planning Programme in the North Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. The author argues that over-concern with target setting has led to a number of negative results including high percentages of marginal cases brought for vasectomy, and low morale on the part of family planning personnel. Trained in extensive education techniques, they have been forced to place quantity above quality once they begin their work out in the districts. The author provides no easy answer to this tension between targets and extension educators, but the problem which he has raised needs consideration in a developing country concerned with implementing an effective programme of population control
Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Extension (predicate logic) · Family planning · Geography · Political science · Population · Population control · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Uttar pradesh · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Demography · Engineering · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Social and Economic Development in India
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |