The roles of PRC are multidimensional focusing the planning of population ,health and family welfare programmes through survey research . The research findings are  being incorporated in  population policy formulation  and midcourse corrections of ongoing programmes like National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),Reproductive and Child Health etc. of Govt of India. The research includes proposal formulation, design of sampling, training /capacity building, data collection, supervision, monitoring , analysis and report writing. The inferences have been used  for planning and implementation of   policies and programmes related to population and health of  the state and nation.
The activities include
a) To conduct  need based studies on health & family   welfare aspects at state     level
b) To conduct concurrent evaluation of health & family welfare programmes
c) To conduct Rapid appraisal of health & family welfare programmes
d) To understand the needs of community on health & family welfare
e) To study the socio-economic ,demographic characteristics of the population
f)  To conduct  the facility surveys and evaluation of training centres
g) To provide base line and end line data sets on health & family welfare   aspects

The centre was successful in establishing research linkages with Directorate of Health services ,Govt of Kerala; International Institute for Population Sciences ,Mumbai; ORC-Macro International; National Commission on Population, Govt of India;DST, Govt of India ; Department of Economics and Statistics, Govt of Kerala and Department of Social welfare, Govt of Kerala through its  fifty years of population and health research.

1.Major Funded Projects

1 National Family Health Survey -1 1992-1993
2 Operation Research in Reversible Methods (Phase-1 Diagnostic study)   
1994-1995
3 Longitudinal village study in Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Morbidity, (Base line, study round-1) 1994-1995
4 A longitudinal study on Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Morbidity (Round II) 
1998-99
5 Reproductive and Child Health Care in Kerala-RCH baseline project 1992-2000
6 A study on suicides in Kerala 2000-2001
7 A study on Need Assessment of Abortion in Kerala 2000-2001
8 A longitudinal study on Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Morbidity ( Round III) 1999-2000
9 A longitudinal study on Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Morbidity (Round IV) 2000-2001
10 A longitudinal study on Fertility, Mortality, Migration and Morbidity (Round V) 2001-2002
11 A study on Community Needs Assessment of Reproductive and Child Health, Trivandrum District. 2001-2002
12 Knowledge and Attitudes of Non-Scalpel Vasectomy in Suburban area of Trivandrum district- A Pilot study. 2001-2002
13 A study on the aged population, Kollam district 2002-2003
14 Study on Need Assessment of Abortion in Kerala. 2002-2003
15 A study on sex ratio and sex selective Abortion in Kerala. 2002-2003
16 Study on co-ordination between Auxiliary Nurses midwifes and Anganwadi Workers in Kerala 2003-2004
17 Reproductive and Child Health in Palakkad and Kozhikode City, Kerala: End-line survey 2003-04
18 Baseline Survey on Reproductive and child Health in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi Corporation 2004
19 National Family Health survey -3 (NFHS-3) 2006

2. Major Evaluation Projects/Studies

1 The characteristics of Acceptors and Non-Acceptors of Family Welfare Methods in Pathanamthitta district 1990-91
2 A follow-up study of IUD Acceptors in Trivandrum District (A pilot study) 1991-92
3 The characteristics of Acceptors and Non-Acceptors of FWH in Trivandrum District 1991-92
4 The Characteristics of Acceptors and Non-Acceptors of FWH in Malappuram District. 1992-93
5 A study on the quality of organizational net work of PHCs in Kerala  (A case study) 1994-95
6 Evaluation of Women’s development and Family Planning project at Nagercoil. 1995-96
7 Evaluation of Health and Family Planning in Wayanad District 1995-96
8 Evaluation of School Health Programme 1996-97
9 Concurrent evaluation of Family Welfare Programme -A multicentric study (Round I) 1996-97
10 Concurrent evaluation of Family Welfare Programme -A multicentric study (Round II) 1997-98
11 Concurrent evaluation of Family Welfare Programme -A multicentric study (Round III) 1998-99
12 Evaluation of Pulse polio Immunization coverage in Kerala 1998-99
13 Concurrent Evaluation of Family Welfare Programmes. A multi centric study (Round IV) 1998-99
14 Quality of Family Welfare Programme in Trivandrum District-Kerala under Target Free Approach—Rapid Survey (Round III) 1998-99
15 Quality of Family Welfare Programme in Pathanamthitta District—Kerala under Target Free Approach—Rapid Survey (Round IV) 1999-2000
16  Evaluation of Health and Family Welfare training Centre in Kerala 1999-2000
17 Evaluation of functioning of RTI/STI clinics in 7 districts in Kerala. 2000-2001
18 Quality of Family Welfare Programme in Ernakulam District, Kerala under Target Free Approach-Rapid Survey (Round V) 2000-2001
19 Quality of Family Welfare Programme in Kottayam District, Kerala under Target Free Approach-Rapid Survey (Round VI)   
2001-2002
20 Concurrent Evaluation of sterilization Bed Scheme in Kerala 2001-2002
21 Area specific study on functioning of Health and Family Welfare Training Institutes. 2001-2002
22 Concurrent Evaluation of Sterilization Bed Scheme in Kerala 2001-2002
23 Study on the Functioning of ANM/JPHN Training Schools. 2006

3. Ongoing Projects
1. Evaluation of critical components of National Rural Health Mission in Kozhikode district.
2. Project on “Urban Health: Searching for Patterns and Correlates of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation using GIS Technology” in collaboration with Centre for Geo Information Science and Technology funded by DST,Govt of India.

3. Approved studies under the Annual Action Plan 2009-10
No. Title

1 A Study on Elderly Abuse in Kerala
2 In-Migration in KERALA during 1991-2001
3 A Study on Teenage Motherhood in India
4 Momentum of Population Growth in India
5 Influence of Women’s Status on Fertility and Contraceptive Use in India
6 A District wise Study of Household Amenities in Kerala
7 Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Attitude towards sex education: A comparative study of Indian states
8 Prevalence of high risk sexual behaviour in India and its Predictors
9 Child labour in Kerala

Other Research Works
Given below are the contact details of supervising teachers attached to the PRC.
 
1. Dr. Sajini B Nair, Social Scientist -  Supervising Teacher in Demography