There is extensive research on the relationship between women’s attitudes to gender equality and fertility aspirations and use of contraception. However, there are few studies on the relationship between men’s attitudes about gender equality and their ideal family size and contraceptive use. The study described here tries to address this gap using data from the recent round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) to examine the association between men’s gender attitudes and contraceptives use and ideal family size. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and multiple linear regression techniques were applied in the study. Results show that gender attitudes were associated with the men’s perceptions about ideal family size and contraceptive use. Men who showed more tolerance of the practice of wife beating are more likely to support the ideal of large families and low use of contraceptives. This view is independent of education level, income, and religion. This finding points to the need for the government to address men’s beliefs and attitudes in its interventions to reduce fertility.

关于妇女对性别平等的态度与生育愿望和使用避孕药之间的关系有广泛的研究。但是，关于男性对性别平等的态度与其理想的家庭规模和避孕方法之间的关系的研究很少。这里描述的研究试图利用最近一轮的全国家庭健康调查（NFHS-4）的数据来解决这一差距，以检查男性的性别态度与避孕药具使用与理想家庭规模之间的关系。描述性统计，逻辑回归和多元线性回归技术被应用在这项研究中。结果表明，性别态度与男性对理想家庭规模和避孕方法的看法有关。对妻子殴打行为表现出更大的容忍度的男人更有可能支持大家庭的理想和避孕药具的减少使用。这种观点与教育水平，收入和宗教信仰无关。这一发现表明，政府有必要在干预措施中减少男性的观念和态度，以减少生育能力。