This reduced steadily with the increasing education level of women 48% among women who had completed 5.9 years of schooling, 36.4% among those who completed 5-9 years of schooling and about 25% among those who completed 10-11 years of schooling. The lowest proportion of birhts of the third of fourth child or beyond wasamong women who had completed 12 years of schooling, just 13% reflecting a well-established finding that fertility reduces with increasing level of education of parents, especially the month. UP is fifth from the bottom when it comes to literacy according to the latest Nation Statistical Office report of 2017-18 with just 63.4% of women being literate Among religious groups, Muslims have the lowest literacy level, just 37% of Muslim women in the 2011 census. Higher fertility has been established as a feature of poor socio-economic development or deprivation. This is borne out by the proporition of women in different caste groups who had a third or fourth child in the three years preceding the NFHS. It was 47% among tribals, 46% among Dalits, 41% among OBCs and 36.5% among 'others'. It was over 50% among Muslims, 39% among Hindus and barely 15% among Sikhs, the most affluent among religious groups. A day after Vishwa Hindu Parishad raised the ante over a one-child provision in the state population bill drafted by the UP state law commission, sources in the rightwing outlift on Tuesday said their apprehension were drawn from the potential negative impact on the Hindu community. VHP working president Alok Kumar sent a missive to the state law commission saying UPA should avoid giving incentives to parents with a single child as this could affect the state's demography. He cited the cases of Assam and Kerala, where Muslim population growth rate has surpassed that of Hindus. The UP population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare Bill), 2021 says couples with one child will get special incentives, like two additional increments, free healthcare facilities and insurance coverage for the single child till the child turns 20 years old.
