This paper is published in Volume-8, Issue-2, 2022
Area
Health And Welfare
Author
Bukke Ravi Naik
Org/Univ
Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Pub. Date
21 March, 2022
Paper ID
V8I2-1188
Publisher
Keywords
Maternity Benefit Scheme, Beneficiaries, age at marriage, conception, contraception, deliveries, pregnancy, prenatal, natal, postnatal

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Bukke Ravi Naik. Beneficiaries of Maternity Benefit Programmes: A case study of Chittoor District, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Bukke Ravi Naik (2022). Beneficiaries of Maternity Benefit Programmes: A case study of Chittoor District. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 8(2) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Bukke Ravi Naik. "Beneficiaries of Maternity Benefit Programmes: A case study of Chittoor District." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 8.2 (2022). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

Women constitute half of the total population in India. Though, their contribution to workforce is also significant, their work has not been considered as economical. But during the 21st Century, the situations have changed and their work is also considered as economical. Due to globalization, the women too coming out of the homes for earning and they were given with more opportunities at all levels at their workplaces both in organized and unorganized sectors. But, it is well known factor that women have to contribute for reproductive spheres also and it will be difficult to them to discharge their work responsibilities during the prenatal, natal and postnatal periods. Hence, the Government has implemented several Maternity Benefit Schemes for facilitating the women at prenatal, natal and post natal conditions. The present study is an attempt to identify the profile of the beneficiaries of Maternity Benefit Programmes in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The study revealed that majority of the beneficiaries of Maternity Benefit Programmes in Chittoor district are younger in age group, belongs to backward communities, highly educated, working as employees and earning less than Rs. 20000/- as income, got married before reaching 20 years and conceived before attainment of 20 years, the gap between first and second pregnancy is one to two years, had institutional deliveries, particularly in government hospitals and adopted family planning after second delivery, undergone family planning operation in government hospital.