Resumen

En los últimos años, el cuerpo médico local ha realizado esfuerzos significativos en el campo del estudio control de los hábitos reproductivos de la población colombiana. Este artículo intenta ilustrar como se pueden utilizar desde el punto de vista demográfico, en forma significativa, los datos obtenidos en esie programa.

Aunque los datos disponibles al memento de eseribir este artículo, no se adjustan a los principios del procedimiento cietífico de muestreo, se piensa que tales estu dios podrían contribuir a aclarar ciertos temas, tales como los patrones de emparejamiento, el efecto de la contracepción sobre el espaciamiento de los nacimientos entre parejas casadas, y la relación de la fertilidad con la frecuencia del coito. El artículo trata de algunos aspectos metodo1ógicos que convergen alrededor de estos problemas.

Summary

Significant efforts in the field of study and control of reproductive habits of the Colombian population have been made in the last few years by local medical groups. This article attempts to illustrate how the data obtained in this program can be meaningfully exploited from the demographic point of view.

Although data available at the time of writing did not comply with the principles of scientific sampling procedures, it is thought that such studies can throw some light on particular issues, such as the patterns of mating, the effect of contraception on birth spacing among married couples, and the relation of fecundity to frequency of coitus. This article deals with some methodological issues which center around these problems.

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