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Beginning with the next issue of the journal "Sociological Bulletin," there will be a special section entitled "Reader's Forum" in each issue of the journal. The purpose of this Forum will be to give an opportunity to the readers of the journal to express their views and opinion on papers, notes, reviews, etcetera, already published in the journal, regarding the future contributions to be published in the journal, and for the improvement of the working of the Indian Sociological Society. Communications in two typed copies may be addressed to the Secretary, Indian Sociological Society, Delhi, India.

This article presents the results of a family planning attitude survey conducted in four villages near metropolitan Delhi, India. Information was obtained through questionnaires from married females of reproductive age. The author seeks to report the level of knowledge and awareness of women in family planning and birth control methods. The women thought that a family should have four children, and spacing between them should be roughly four years.