...Amos H. Hawley; Visid Prachuabmoh Summary A resurvey of a rural district in Thailand, of about 70,000 population, was conducted after a family-planning program had been in operation for eight months in order to ascertain indications of effectiveness of the program. Both the “before” and “after...

... la aprobación, preceden generalmente al uso. Summary In Nairobi, 352 married African adults, 152 men and 200 women, were interviewed on their attitudes toward family size and family planning. The respondents had, on the average, slightly less than three children at the time of interview and hoped...

... in the couple has been conducted among 550 urban families in France by the National Center for Scientific Research, with the assistance of the United States Public Health Service. The data given here are relative to the importance of the couple’s interaction in the realization of family planning goals...

...Mary Arends-Kuenning Abstract In Bangladesh, family planning workers’ visits reduce the costs of contraception and may increase the demand. If visits increase demand or if workers are targeting their visits, past visits by family planning workers should have a positive and significant effect...

... Population Association of America 2001 2001 Family Planning Unobserved Heterogeneity Contraceptive Method Tubal Ligation Household Asset References Adair , L.S. , & Popkin , B.M. ( 1988 ). Birth Weight, Maturity and Proportionality in Filipino Infants . Human Biology , 4...

... planning policy. Acceptance is weaker among women living in the poorest county and in the county where enforcement is most lenient. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2002 2002 Family Planning Family Size Baseline Survey Fertility Preference Current Number References...

...Albert I. Hermalin 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1993 1993 Family Planning Living Arrangement Fertility Survey Potential Provider Data Collection Strategy References Brass, William. 1975. “Methods for Estimating Fertility and Mortality from Limited...

...Paul J. Gertler; John W. Molyneaux Abstract This paper examines the contributions of family planning programs, economic development, and women’s status to Indonesian fertility decline from 1982 to 1987. Methodologically we unify seemingly conflicting demographic and economic frameworks...

... Development and Family Planning Programs Combined to Reduce Indonesian Fertility" 31(1):56-57. The correct equations and text should read as follows: = - (d~) X X X (10) On the basis of the empirical specifications in Equations (68), we evaluate these derivatives as functions of the estimated regression...

... and location of childhood residence. All of the coefficients of this equation, including the intercept, vary over countries. Analysis based on new methodology shows that the intercept and education effects vary as a function of national family planning program efforts and that none of the parameters...

...Barbara Entwisle Abstract The measures of family planning program effort developed by Lapham and Mauldin have played a key role in family planning program analysis, but surprisingly little is known about them. This article investigates the measurement of family planning program effort based on data...

...Barbara Entwisle; Albert I. Hermalin; Peerasit Kamnuansilpa; Apichat Chamratrithirong Abstract This paper assesses the ways in which the availability of family planning program outlets influences the likelihood of contraceptive use in rural Thailand. It focuses on a village-level measure of actual...

...Dudley L. Poston, Jr.; Baochang Gu 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Family Planning Total Fertility Rate Development Index Socioeconomic Development Fertility Decline References Alker , H. R. ( 1969 ). A typology of ecological fallacies...

...Donald J. Hernandez Abstract This note critically evaluates recent cross-national studies that estimate the independent effect of family planning programs on the fertility of the developing world. The evaluation demonstrates that past research is biased to produce overestimates of net program...

...Michael Hout Abstract The effects of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic conditions, health care, and family planning program activity on patient enrollment rates are estimated for 1969 and 1971. Two program activity variables (agencies and clinic locations) have significant, positive net...

...Jay D. Teachman; Dennis P. Hogan; Donald J. Bogue Abstract One of the major goals of family planning programs worldwide has been to reduce the level of fertility in hopes of slowing the rate of natural increase and promoting social and economic development. Such programs have now been in existence...

...John C. Barrett Abstract The effect of various factors on selection for family planning status and for natural fecund ability is studied in a simulation that incorporates a beta distribution of fecundability among women. The mean fecundabilities of current spacers, current limiters, current...

...J. Richard Udry; Karl E. Bauman; Naomi M. Morris Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of federally subsidized family planning programs in the United States, from 1969 to 1974, on the reproductive behavior of ever-married women, 15–44 years old. The study began with an experimental design...

...James A. Palmore; Paul M. Hirsch; Ariffin bin Marzuki Abstract Using data from a 1966–1967 probability sample of West Malaysian married women 15–44 years of age, this paper analyzes the characteristics of women who were active in diffusing information about family planning. The woman’s age and her...

... or have excess fertility. Successful planners are more likely to save and to have more modern durables; these differentials remain when adjustments are made for the effects of family income, wife’s age, wife’s education, and duration of marriage. It seems that the kind of planning behavior which enables...