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Incidence of Fetal Mortality and Abortion Among the Baiga Tribe of Chhattisgarh

Jitendra Kumar Premi , Jitendra Kumar Premi

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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology 6(2):p 51-57, July-December 2020. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.6220.7

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Jitendra Kumar Premi / Incidence of Fetal Mortality and Abortion Among the Baiga Tribe of Chhattisgarh. Indian J Res Anthropol 2020;6(2):51-57.
 

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It is a distinguishing human feature which separates man from the animal: just as use of contraception is found only in human society, abortion is also exclusive to it. It is the reason that human reproduction is not a bare biological process. Instead, biological process constitutes a fragmentary (though essential) part in the gamut of human reproductive system. The objectives of the study are to find out the incidences of fetal death and abortion and their associated bio-cultural factors. Objectives of the present study are to explore the incidence fetal death and abortion and to find out the associated causes of the incidence fetal death and abortion among the Baiga tribe of Chhattisgarh. Structured interview schedule and non-participant observation were used for collection and cross validation of data. The results were analyzed using the 16.0 SPSS package. 21.77% respondents, whose wives were pregnant in the past, had abortion. From the point of view of reproductive health, this figure is quite on a higher side and shows how serious is the situation regarding abortion in the Baiga tribe. Such a high rate of abortion is a pointer to stagnation in the population of the Baiga of Chhattisgarh. At least it can be said a major factor in its nonproliferation.75 abortion cases which actually come to 94.9% were the cases of miscarriage or what is called spontaneous abortion. The cases of induced or deliberate abortions were 4, which comes to 5.1%. On the basis of these facts, the possibilities mount up that malnutrition, anemia and morbidity among the Baiga women, are on an ascending scale. The gravity or seriousness of the prevailing condition makes the conjecture well- founded that the benefits of reproductive health facilities are perhaps not reaching the inmates directly and adequately.out of the group brought under study, one third respondents i.e. - 23.97%, whose wives had conception had delivered stillborn babies, such large number of stillbirths draws one attention to the seriousness of reproductive health problem in the Baiga. This also accounts for stagnation in their population growth.

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Jitendra Kumar Premi / Incidence of Fetal Mortality and Abortion Among the Baiga Tribe of Chhattisgarh. Indian J Res Anthropol 2020;6(2):51-57.
 

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Incidence; Fetal; Mortality; Abortion; Miscarriage; The baiga.

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