Family size and sex preferences among women in rural Bangladesh.

abstract：:Pakistan's high unmet need for contraception and low contraceptive prevalence remain a challenge, especially in light of the country's expected contribution to the FP2020 goal of expanding family planning services to an additional 120 million women with unmet need. Analysis of panel data from 14 Pakistani districts su...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Jain AK,Mahmood A,Sathar ZA,Masood I

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, data gathered in southern Ethiopia are used to explain how ethnic and religious identities affect current or intended contraceptive use. The only compositionalfactors that increase the likelihood of birth limitation are having a member of the family with a higher level of education and community access ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Hogan DP,Biratu B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discusses the rationale behind national scale programs to support breastfeeding; assesses the elements needed for successful supply and demand interventions; and examines the national strategies of Jamaica, Papua New Guinea, and Nicaragua, where breastfeeding programs appear likely to succeed. Governments can promote...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Baer EC

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes longitudinal data from couples in rural Nepal to investigate the influence of spousal communication about family planning on their subsequent contraceptive use. The study expands current understanding of the communication-contraception link by (a) exploiting monthly panel data to conduct an event h...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Link CF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses data from the India National Family and Health Survey-2 conducted in 1998-99 to investigate the level and correlates of care-seeking and choice of provider for gynecological symptoms among currently married women in rural India. Of the symptomatic women surveyed, 31 percent sought care, overwhelmingly ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Rani M,Bonu S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By 1988, 71% of the 206 million married Chinese women of reproductive age were using a modern method of contraception. About 60 million women were using IUDs (41%), and 38% relied on tubal ligation, the main methods promoted by the national family planning (FP) program. During several trips to China between May 1990...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Kaufman J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, female interviewers have been preferred to men for conducting fertility and family planning surveys. However, in West Africa, evidence for their superiority over male interviewers is mixed. In Nigeria, as part of a four-state pretest of the national family planning questionnaire, an experimental design ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Becker S,Feyisetan K,Makinwa-Adebusoye P

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has indicated that gender dynamics-and in particular men's disapproval of family planning-have had an influence on the low levels of contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa. Limited evidence exists, however, on effective strategies to increase male approval. We conducted 12 focus group discussions with marrie...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Withers M,Dworkin SL,Onono M,Oyier B,Cohen CR,Bukusi EA,Newmann SJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When women talk with each other about family planning outside the clinic, are they really only spreading myths and rumors? If nurses give good information about family planning, why do women go and talk with other women? Why would a woman instructed by a nurse at a workshop want to talk to the workshop cleaner as well...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Rutenberg N,Watkins SC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article compares the ethical pivot points in debates over nonprescription access to emergency contraceptive pills in Canada and the United States. These include women's right to be informed about the contraceptive method and its mechanism of action, pharmacists' conscientious objection concerning the dispensing o...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Wynn LL,Erdman JN,Foster AM,Trussell J

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The length of the interval from last live birth to the subsequent pregnancy was studied for 121 contraceptive pill acceptors who were in postpartum amenorrhea at the time of acceptance and 121 matched nonacceptors in a prospective study in Matlab, Bangladesh. Half of the pill acceptors discontinued use within seven mo...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Bhatia S,Becker S,Kim YJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of legal abortion in California appeared to affect California fertility in 1971 with a downward trend in both legitimate and illegitimate births. In 1972 legitimate birth rates continued to fall as rapidly as in 1971 but illegitimacy rates declined less rapidly. Unmarried women continued to be the d...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sklar J,Berkov B

更新日期：1973-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the findings of the World Fertility Survey (WFS) and Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys (CPSs) in five areas of common interest: fertility, contraceptive use, measuring the effect of the availability of contraceptives on levels of use, the unmet need for family planning services, and breastfeeding....

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Anderson JE,Cleland JG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration during the formative adolescent years can affect important life-course transitions, including the initiation of sexual activity. In this study, we use life history calendar data to investigate the relationship between changes in residence and timing of premarital sexual debut among young people in urban Keny...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Luke N,Xu H,Mberu BU,Goldberg RE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results from the Paraguay Demographic and Health Survey, 1990, are presented for population, fertility, contraceptive usage, postpartum activity, infant mortality, immunization coverage, oral rehydration treatment, use of health personnel during delivery, and nutritional status. Data were compiled by the ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Completion of secondary school is increasingly viewed as a desirable life goal for young men and women in urban Kenya. Yet achieving this goal often conflicts with other key transitions to adulthood, such as becoming sexually active, marrying, having children, and finding employment. Drawing upon exceptionally rich li...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Clark S,Mathur R

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population-based, cross-sectional data from 3587 ever-married Ukrainian women aged 17-44 are used to examine the association between physical violence perpetrated by a sexual partner (defined as kicking, hitting, slapping, pushing, or attacking with a weapon) and sexual health knowledge, sexual behavior, and the likel...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Dude A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A community-based investigation of maternal deaths was undertaken in a rural province (Masvingo) and an urban area (Harare) of Zimbabwe in order to assess their preventability. Avoidable factors were identified in 90 percent of the 105 rural deaths and 85 percent of 61 urban deaths. Delay in seeking treatment contribu...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Fawcus S,Mbizvo M,Lindmark G,Nyström L

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data collected from 3,073 couples in four Nigerian cities and one semi-urban settlement were used to examine reproductive decision-making and male motivation for large family size. The report concludes that the characteristic male-dominant and patrilineal traditions support large family size and that men's reproductiv...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Isiugo-Abanihe UC

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thailand is currently experiencing a major HIV epidemic, spread primarily through heterosexual contact. Patronage of prostitutes is relatively common. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted in a Central Thai province with a purposive sample of 181 urban men who had had sexual relations with at least two differ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Havanon N,Bennett A,Knodel J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we model women's recourse to induced abortion as resulting from a process that starts with sexual intercourse and contraceptive use (or nonuse), continues with the occurrence of an unintended pregnancy, and ends with the woman's decision to terminate the pregnancy and her access to abortion services. Ou...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Rossier C,Michelot F,Bajos N,COCON Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the influence of exposure to older within-grade peers on sexual behavior among students in urban South Africa. Data are drawn from the Cape Area Panel Study, a longitudinal survey of young people conducted in metropolitan Cape Town from 2002 to 2006. The combination of early sexual debut, high rate...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Lam D,Marteleto LJ,Ranchhod V

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper evaluates a study fielded in Bangladesh in 1975 to test the hypothesis that ubiquitous availability of pills and condoms in a rural, traditional, noncontracepting population would increase contraceptive use and reduce fertility. Treatment and comparison areas were designated in Matlab, an area with accurate...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Stinson WS,Phillips JF,Rahman M,Chakraborty J

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1980, a study to determine interest in and access to sterilization for females was initiated at two Ministry of Health hospitals in Honduras. Results of the baseline study showed that 42 percent of women desiring sterilization from the Tegucigalpa hospital and 21 percent from the San Pedro Sula hospital had had a t...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Janowitz B,Nunez J,Covington DL,Colven C

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article explores the effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on women's reproductive health, using geocoded data from the 2005 and 2012 Haiti Demographic and Health Surveys. We use geographic variation in the destructiveness of the earthquake to conduct a difference-in-difference analysis. Results indicate that heig...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Behrman JA,Weitzman A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An empirical study of the family planning program and its clients in the rural areas of Allahabad Division of Uttar Pradesh in India was undertaken in 1971-1972. While family planning acceptance in this region is low, interviews with villagers and family planning staff suggest that organizational shortcomings of the p...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Misra BD,Simmons R,Ashraf A,Simmons G

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the trends and variations in childlessness, subfertility, and infertility in Tanzania according to data from the 1973 National Demographic Survey and the 1991-92 Demographic and Health Survey. Between the surveys, the proportion of women older than 30 who were childless was found to have declined m...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Larsen U

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world has reached the present position of unprecedentedly rapid population growth not by achieving uniquely high fertility but by bringing about extraordinarily low mortality. The high growth rate and the built-in momentum of the age structure are obstacles to achievement of an acceptable standard of living for mo...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Caldwell JC

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family planning activity during 1969-1970 in Morocco and Tunisia is discussed in terms of 12 criteria (such as leadership, educational services, availability) used to evaluate the programs in the 2 countries. Significant differences between family planning activity in the 2 countries can be seen in the nature of invo...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Lapham R

更新日期：1971-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to gather comprehensive data from three hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey, in order to gain in-depth understanding of the quality of antenatal care in this setting. The Bruce-Jain framework for quality of care was adapted for use in evaluating antenatal care. Methods included examination of hospi...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Turan JM,Bulut A,Nalbant H,Ortayli N,Akalin AA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00