Under India's National Family Planning Programme monitoring framework, the 'Couple Protection Rate' (CPR) is defined as:
- A Percentage of married women aged 15 to 49 who have ever used any contraceptive method
- B Percentage of eligible couples currently effectively protected by modern family planning methods ✓
- C Percentage of births averted per year by the national programme
- D Number of sterilization operations performed per 1000 population per year
Correct answer: B. Percentage of eligible couples currently effectively protected by modern family planning methods
Explanation
Couple Protection Rate measures the percentage of eligible couples effectively covered by modern contraceptive methods, chiefly sterilization, IUDs, pills, condoms and injectables, at a point in time. It reflects current protection, never lifetime or ever-use. Option A describes ever-use, which overstates coverage, while C and D describe service output indicators rather than the population-level protection rate that CPR represents.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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