title: Factors involved in the acceptance of voluntary female sterilization among Indians in Natal.
abstract: The sociological characteristics of 200 Indian women admitted for voluntary sterilization to King George V and R. K. Khan Hospitals, Durban, were investigated. Factors involved in the decision to be sterilized were analysed, as well as socio-economic motives found to be of major significance in the desire to limit family size. A control group of 200 Indian women, none of whom had been sterilized, was interviewed, and responses revealed a very favourable attitude towards the acceptance of female sterilization once the family is complete.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive / Q000523:psychology*