Furthermore, much has changed in north India since Dyson and Moore’s account was written. In addition to the cumulative impact of family planning programmes (which have made contraception an issue that can be discussed publicly) and changes in consumption patterns (with the rise of mobile phones, and a great extension of mass media into rural and poor urban areas, for example) there have also been major attempts to raise school enrolment levels and to reduce gender disparities. To what extent have these changed the conditions of young married women in general, and how has schooling affected these processes? And can.
