An attempt is made to estimate the prevalence of inability to conceive (commonly referred to as
infertility) and treatment-seeking behaviour in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, using the District
Level Household Survey data collected in 2007–08 (DLHS-3). In Uttar Pradesh, infertility is
estimated to be about 11 per cent in females aged 20–34 among the total ever-married women
of reproductive age (20–49) whose marital duration is more than two years. Among infertile respondents,
more than three-quarters suffer from primary infertility. Also, about 85.0 per cent of
women seek treatment for lifetime infertility