Abortions in a hospital setting: hidden realities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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：:Within developing countries, our understanding of reproductive inequality-how fertility is distributed within a population-has been shaped largely by studies of fertility differentials, a practical but partial-information measure. In this study, we examine whether exclusive reliance on differentials biases this unders...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Giroux SC,Eloundou-Enyegue PM,Lichter DT

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) sexuality education curriculum. Our analysis interrogates variation in sub-national implementation. We conducted 52 interviews with persons knowledgeable about the curriculum in three states-Kano, Lagos, and Niger-and reviewed publications on FLHE. In K...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Kunnuji MON,Robinson RS,Shawar YR,Shiffman J

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：: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：:In the field of reproductive health, investigation of the transfer of knowledge gained from demonstration and pilot projects to large public-sector programs typically has not been considered a relevant domain for research or other investigation. This article draws on a range of research in the social sciences and pres...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Simmons R,Brown J,Díaz M

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:Using data from the World Fertility Survey of 1977-78, this paper examines how community characteristics influence completed fertility in Peru. The analysis shows that community characteristics do not condition (interact with) the effects of mother's education in determining completed fertility. Rather, the effects of...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Tienda M

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents results from the 1997 Jordan Population and Family Health Survey (JPFHS) that was conducted by the Department of Statistics, Amman, Jordan, within the framework of the Demographic and Health Survey Program of Macro International. The data for the nationally representative JPFHS were collected fr...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors：

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Data from a national survey of young unmarried women are used to analyze the relationship of perceptions of method characteristics to the acceptability of methods for use and to the actual contraceptive choice. Ordinary least squares (OLS) and logistic regression analyses are employed to assess the effects of percepti...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Tanfer K,Rosenbaum E

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This literature review assesses the extent of age mixing and economic transactions in the sexual relationships of adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa and the behavioral dynamics of girls and men involved in these partnerships. The examination of more than 45 quantitative and qualitative studies finds that relations...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Luke N

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade has elapsed since a project was launched in Matlab, Bangladesh to test the hypothesis that contraceptive services can induce and sustain fertility decline in a rural traditional population. The demographic impact of this project has been pronounced, lending support to the view that supply-side policies can su...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Phillips JF,Simmons R,Koenig MA,Chakraborty J

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal mortality and morbidity estimates in Nigeria continue to be dramatically high largely because maternal services, especially in rural areas, are often deficient and inappropriate to women's situations. The Safe Motherhood Project in Zone A examined the pregnancy-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices of c...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Okafor CB,Rizzuto RR

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：: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：:Despite induced abortion being broadly legal in India, up-to-date information on its frequency and safety is not readily available. Using direct and indirect methodological approaches, this study measures the one-year incidence and safety of induced abortions among women in the state of Rajasthan. The analysis utilize...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Ahmad D,Shankar M,Khanna A,Moreau C,Bell S

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect approval for and completion of sterilization in Rio de Janeiro. Of 2,186 new female family planning clients, 1,256 requested sterilization and 925 were approved for surgery. Among the approved women, 639 scheduled surgery and, of these, 595 were steriliz...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Lassner KJ,Janowitz B,Rodrigues CM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labor-intensive work is often a way of life for women living in rural areas of developing countries. The physical exertion involved in such work may result in poor health outcomes for mothers and infants when continued through pregnancy. Using longitudinal data from China, Mexico, and Tanzania, we examine the relation...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Peterman A,Ng SW,Palermo T,Lee IH

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Interviews wih women in six villages in India and with educated, working women selected to be trained as interviewers in five states, and evidence from formal studies are discussed to support the conclusions that (1) the low overall rates of contraceptive use in India are at least partly due to low levels of knowledge...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Basu AM

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines transitions in schooling, sexual activity, and pregnancy among adolescents and young adults in urban South Africa. Data are analyzed from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), a recently collected longitudinal survey of young adults and their families in metropolitan Cape Town. We find that teen pregna...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Marteleto L,Lam D,Ranchhod V

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have documented the determinants of sexual behavior among adolescents in less-developed countries, yet relatively little is known about the influence of social contexts such as school and neighborhood. Using two waves of data from a school-based longitudinal survey conducted in Malawi from 2011-13, th...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Kim J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a variety of ways to conceptualize and measure accessibility to contraceptive services and supplies. Using detailed data for rural Thailand, a multiplicity of reasonable measures are developed that reflect time and/or distance to various government program outlets. Many of these are only moderately correlate...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Chayovan N,Hermalin AI,Knodel J

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：: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