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India, a country with very high valued traditions and ethos. This ethos becomes inflexible and highly
sensitive restrictions when it comes to sex and premarital sex. People were turning a blind eye towards the issues
of sex, premarital sex and multiple sexual partners etc. But with the emerge of HIV/AIDS, it is very necessary to
research sexuality in India. This study aims to understand the sex and premarital sex of male, female, married and
unmarried people from different states of India, using National Family Health Survey data round 4, 2015-16. We
have done uni-variate, bi-variate and multivariate analysis in this paper. The results are very significant showing men
and women do involve in premarital activities. On the national level around 14% of unmarried men and 3%
unmarried women said they ever had sex. These results explain the sexual double standard in India. Men are most
likely to have had their first sexual intercourse at the age of 20-24 and for women, the peak age at first sex is lower
at 15-19. Education is a factor that abstains men and women from having sex early. We have discussed other
background characteristics working as an independent variable for sex and premarital sex.

1505 Revitalisation of IUCD into postpartum family planning programme in North
India: An assessment of population impact using contraceptive calendar data

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Sabu Padmadas , AJ Francis Zavier
1 1Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
2 Population Council, New Delhi, India

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3. Fertility, Fecundity, Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights

Abstract

Objective: In 2013, the Government of India in collaboration with Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) launched
a holistic approach to revitalise postpartum family planning, strengthening the service provision, quality standards,
and promoting awareness and demand for PP-IUCD services. Using retrospective contraceptive calendar data from
the Indian National Family Health Survey (NFHS), we investigate the impact of NIPI programme on PP-IUCD use,
comparing intervention and non-intervention districts in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Method: To assess the impact, we disaggregated the NFHS-4 (2015-16) calendar data into two periods: women
who had a recent birth during 2011-2013 (baseline) and 2014-2016 (endline), comparing 13 intervention districts
(n=552 women) with 13 control districts (n=557 women). We applied robust difference-in-difference logistic
regression, controlling for selected demographic and social variables.

Results: PP-IUCD use increased modestly from 4% in control areas to 9% in intervention areas between the baseline
and endline period, which increased significantly within 6 months following a birth. The programme effect in the
intervention areas for immediate PP-IUCD was significant at 10% level (AOR:2.78, 95%CI:0.90-8.72) and 1% level
(AOR:3.20; 95%CI:1.37-7.51) for IUCD within 6 months after a birth.

Conclusions: NIPI programme had positive impact in increasing PP-IUCD use in intervention districts in Madhya
Pradesh.

1475 Disrespectful Maternity Care during ANC Services in India: A Hinder Towards
Maternal and Child Health

Akhilesh Yadav, T.B. Singh

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