The effects of legal abortion on legitimate and illegitimate birth rates: the California experience.

abstract：:The effect of magazine advertising on vasectomy acceptance was tested in São Paulo, Brazil. Four advertisements ran for ten weeks in eight magazines. Clinic performance doubled during the campaign and stabilized at 54 percent higher than baseline. The advertisements selectively attracted the target audience without br...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Foreit KG,de Castro MP,Franco EF

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimation of fecundability from survey data is plagued by methodological problems such as misreporting of dates of birth and marriage and the occurrence of premarital exposure to the risk of conception. Nevertheless, estimates of fecundability from World Fertility Survey data for women married in recent years app...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Goldman N,Westoff CF,Paul LE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mexico National Survey on Fertility and Health was national in scope. Data was collected from 7786 households and complete interviews conducted with 9310 women aged 15-49. Field work took place between February and May, 1987. The size of the general population grew from 44.8 million in 1965 to 70.4 million in 1...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a 1974 survey of 6,692 Bogota women aged 15-49 conducted by the Colombian Association for Population Studies show that, in the last decade, approval of family planning practice increased 34 percent, contraceptive practice nearly doubled, and fertility declined by over 45 percent. Life-table analysis sho...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Bailey J,Measham C,Umana M

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a growing proportion of young people is spending some time in school between puberty and marriage, little research on education in developing countries has been focused on adolescent issues. This article examines the school environment in Kenya and the ways it can help or hinder adolescents. Gender difference...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Mensch BS,Lloyd CB

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the determinants of the use of four types of reproductive health-care services in Uttar Pradesh, India: contraceptive services, antenatal care, delivery in a medical institution, and services dealing with reproductive tract and sexually transmitted infections. The analysis uses a multilevel modelin...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Stephenson R,Tsui AO

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No studies show that IUDs destroy developing embryos at rates higher than those found in women who are not using contraceptives. Studies of early pregnancy factors have not shown statistically significant differences in transient levels of hCG between IUD and control groups, a sign of early abortion. The small, carefu...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sivin I

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveys dealing with abortion in Latin America have provided useful information despite problems in the collection and use of the data. Considerations that should be taken into account in designing abortion surveys and using the resultant information have been discussed here. Special attention has been paid to the nee...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Gaslonde Sainz S

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from 8,320 husbands'self reports for the 2006 Urban Health Survey, this article examines the prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrated by husbands against their wives in Bangladesh and identifies risk markers associated with such violence. Of the men included in the sampl...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sambisa W,Angeles G,Lance PM,Naved RT,Curtis SL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of more than 12,000 persons from developing countries who received training in population and family planning subjects during 1966-78 are reviewed. During these years many changes occurred with regard to trainee origin, professional background, nature and duration of training program attended, and ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Hall TL,Meile RL

更新日期：1980-05-01 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：:Although contraceptive practice has increased substantially in Korea as a result of a strong national family planning program, surveys indicate the existence of an additional unmet demand. A number of obstacles tend to limit availability of family planning services and supplies. The effects of total availability are b...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Park CB,Cho LJ,Palmore JA

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A qualitative study of pregnancy among schoolgirls in a small town in Burkina Faso was conducted that described the situation of pregnant students and their motherhood, their social environment, and the situation of their children. The analysis of findings revealed four main factors that influenced students' pregnanci...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Görgen R,Maier B,Diesfeld HJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:During the past decade, unmet need for family planning has remained high in Pakistan and gains in contraceptive prevalence have been small. Drawing upon data from a 2012 national study on postabortion-care complications and a methodology developed by the Guttmacher Institute for estimating abortion incidence, we estim...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sathar Z,Singh S,Rashida G,Shah Z,Niazi R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely believed that family planning has important benefits for both maternal and child health. Despite this, little work has been done to quantify the potential effect of family planning in reducing maternal mortality. This paper assesses the impact of family planning in averting maternal deaths, and discusses ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Winikoff B,Sullivan M

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:Access to safe abortion is a reproductive rights and justice issue, and it is imperative that safe abortion access during and after the COVID-19 pandemic is a reality for all. India imposed a lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of the pandemic. Limited mobility, lack of clarity about abortion as an essential ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Chandrasekaran S,Diamond-Smith N,Srinivasan K,Dalvie S

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:A multimedia communication campaign was conducted between 1988 and 1989 to promote family planning among men in Zimbabwe. The campaign consisted of a 52-episode semiweekly radio soap opera, about 60 motivational talks, and two pamphlets about contraceptive methods. Changes over time were measured by comparing a subset...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Piotrow PT,Kincaid DL,Hindin MJ,Lettenmaier CL,Kuseka I,Silberman T,Zinanga A,Chikara F,Adamchak DJ,Mbizvo MT

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Should family planning programs put more effort into persuading couples to want smaller families or into helping women achieve their reproductive goals? Indeed, can family planning programs affect fertility preferences? Longitudinal data from Bangladesh collected from 1982 to 1993 show that women's desired family size...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Arends-Kuenning M,Hossain MB,Barkat-e-Khuda

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：: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：:Accessible and quality reproductive health services are critical for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). After a decade of waning investment in family planning, interest and funding are growing once again. This article assesses whether introducing, removing, or changing user fees for contraception has an effect ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Korachais C,Macouillard E,Meessen B

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:A number of evaluation projects and demographic surveys were undertaken by the government during 1978-80, aimed at strengthening family planning and other population programs. A bill to strengthen the program was introduced in the National Assembly which would, among other things, amend the tax structure to discourag...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Concepción MB

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Singapore reached its replacement fertility with a net reproduction rate of 1.0 in 1975, and will have accomplished zero population growth around 2030 with a population of 3.5 million from the current 2.3 million. The birth rate should stabilize at 50,000 after 1990 and age-specific fertility rates are expected to de...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Loh M

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：: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：:This article proposes an integrated in-house evaluation model for family planning programs. The model is designed to meet the need of program management for an operational and internal evaluation system suited to the ongoing character of program activities and focused on the feedback of information for program plannin...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Roberto EL,Gehrz SL

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00