Volume : 4, Issue : 9, September - 2015

A STUDY ABOUT THE TREATMENT SEEKING BEHAVIOUR Of INFERTILE COUPLES

Poornima P S, Dr. C Satheesh Kumar

Abstract :

<p>India the world&rsquo;s second most populous country, which has struggled to control its population so as to meet growth and development targets, now has to battle infertility, as the down-payment for economic uplift.The objectives of the present study were to know the treatment seeking behaviour of the infertile couples. This study was done among 340 couples selected by systematic sampling. Statistically significant association of infertility with age, education, socio economic status, family type, menstrual abnormalities, regardingtreatment seeking behaviour it was found that most of the study population preferred private sector for treatment of infertility.</p>