Jordan Republic 1997: results from the demographic and health survey.

abstract：:This article examines women's covert use of contraceptives, that is, their use of a method without their husbands' knowledge. Three questions are addressed: (1) How is covert use measured? (2) How prevalent is it? and (3) What are the factors underlying covert use? Existing studies are used together with survey and qu...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Biddlecom AE,Fapohunda BM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ever-increasing prevalence of negative shocks experienced by poor, vulnerable households often induces extreme measures as ways to recover from the negative effects on income. Child marriage is one of the coping mechanisms households may use. This study examines whether young people in households that experience a...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Molotsky A

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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：:This article presents findings from three opinion surveys conducted among representative samples of Mexico City residents: the first one immediately prior to the groundbreaking legalization of first-trimester abortion in April 2007, and one and two years after the reform. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were perfo...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Wilson KS,García SG,Díaz Olavarrieta C,Villalobos-Hernández A,Rodríguez JV,Smith PS,Burks C

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:This study re-evaluates the relationship of urban women's employment to their health-service and contraceptive use, drawing on data from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Multivariate analyses reveal significant differences across types of work for the likelihood of both obtaining timely prenatal care...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Miles-Doan R,Brewster KL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, has launched a field experiment in two rural thanas of Bangladesh to test the transferability of its successful health and family planning experiment in Matlab to the Ministry of Health and Population Control service system. This paper reviews the M...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Phillips JF,Simmons R,Simmons GB,Yunus M

更新日期：1984-03-01 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 article provides an overview of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) as a data source. MICS-one of the largest household survey programs focused on children and women-has covered 116 countries, many over several rounds of surveys producing trend data. Data are collected on a range of indicators for child...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Khan S,Hancioglu A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents the results of an assessment of gynecological morbidity among 385 women with young children residing in a district of Karnataka State, South India. All three main modes of assessment (clinical examination, laboratory tests, and self-reports) reveal a high burden of reproductive tract infections. ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Bhatia JC,Cleland J,Bhagavan L,Rao NS

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although experimental trials often identify optimal strategies for improving community health, transferring operational innovation from well-funded research programs to resource-constrained settings often languishes. Because research initiatives are based in institutions equipped with unique resources and staff capabi...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Awoonor-Williams JK,Feinglass ES,Tobey R,Vaughan-Smith MN,Nyonator FK,Jones TC

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:Emergency contraception has been called the best-kept contraceptive secret. Previous research shows that several regimens of postcoital contraception offer safe and effective ways for women to avoid pregnancy. Yet the methods are typically unavailable to women in developing countries. In this article, the authors revi...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Ellertson C,Winikoff B,Armstrong E,Camp S,Senanayake P

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:A review of surveys from Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Jamaica, and Senegal suggests that the requirement that women seeking hormonal contraception and IUDs should present for family planning services when menstruating represents a significant but unrecognized barrier to contraceptive access. Non-menstruating clients are i...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Stanback J,Thompson A,Hardee K,Janowitz B

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

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：:In the developing countries in recent years there has been a great expansion of public programs to provide modern means of fertility control. This paper is an effort to appraise the demographic impact of such programs through a comprehensive evaluation of the record. The paper briefly reviews the criticisms of such pr...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Freedman R,Berelson B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A research study was conducted to determine the economic roles of rural women in Java, Indonesia, who work outside the agricultural sector. The study was designed to create a system of job classification for small trade and industry which would distinguish among women's economic activities. The research consisted of...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Peluso NL

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between symptoms reported during the first two cycles of oral contraceptive use and subsequent discontinuation was studied using data from a comparative clinical trial of two oral contraceptives (standard dose and low dose) in Sri Lanka. Among 24 symptoms considered, the most commonly reported were he...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Basnayake S,Higgins JE,Miller PC,Rogers SM,Kelly SE

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：: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：: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：:A comparative field trial of the Copper TCu-200 and the Lippes loop was conducted in Colombia, Iran, Korea, and Thailand from 1971 to 1973. The study, involving 7,400 women, provided two-year first segment continuation and termination rates. In three countries, TCu-200 expulsion rates were significantly below Lippes l...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sivin I

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:The Integrated Day Care Program (IDCP) in Korea provices family planning classes as an integral part of comprehensive day care services for low-income families. The program was initiated by CARE in 1973, with support from the Korean government, and has received important inputs from national family planning agencies. ...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Sung KT

更新日期：1978-04-01 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 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：: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：:Using data from a panel survey of a representative probability sample of Russian households, we examine how individual traits, locality, and "sex-event context" are associated with condom use in contemporary Russia. At the individual level, age has negative effects and measures of risk orientation have positive effect...

journal_title：Studies in family planning

authors： Gerber TP,Berman D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00