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Demography (1972) 9 (1): 69–86.
Published: 01 February 1972
...Jack Reynolds Abstract Family Planning Program Evaluation is not a well-developed art, much less an exact science. The evaluation of the performance of such programs has received a good deal of attention but the methodologies are still controversial and the results inconclusive. This is due...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 827–835.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Hernån Mendoza-Hoyos 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Family Planning Family Planning Program Family Planning Method Family Plan Population Problem THE COLOMBIAN PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, PERSONNEL TRAINING AND EVALUATION HERNAN MENDOZA-HOYOS...
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 445–449.
Published: 01 June 1966
... TO PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION MINDEL C. SHEps· RESUMEN El presenie estudio es un intento para describir y evaluar las contribuciones hechas por los mas modernos modelos de natalidad a la planeaci6n y el desarrollo de programas. Considerable iniere« por los modelos de natalidad serefleja en los inJormes...
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Demography (1985) 22 (3): 431–443.
Published: 01 August 1985
.... A. A. , & Way A. ( 1982 ). Contraception and community in Egypt: A preliminary evaluation of the population development mix . Studies in Family Planning , 13 , 12 – 12 . 10.2307/1966330 DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 22, Number 3 August 1985 AN EVALUATION OF THE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN EGYPT J...
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 71–80.
Published: 01 March 1967
... effects of any such program, the authors use the Taiwan evaluation. The model suggests that a good system of evaluation should include monthly statistics on (1) participants, who are grouped by characteristics; (2) the distribution of supplies, reported at first by the characteristics of recipients...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 729–745.
Published: 01 November 2007
... estimates of unwanted fertility than the most widely used existing methods. The new estimator has the limitation of generating only aggregate-level estimates, but such estimates are the primary data for policy formulation and program evaluation. The new estimator is presented in this article, along...
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Demography (1970) 7 (4): 467–482.
Published: 01 November 1970
...: The Taichung IUCD Medical Follow-up Study. University of Michigan Population Studies Center. Mimeographed. Report on an Evaluation of the Family Planning Programme of the Government of Pakistan. Prepared for the Government of Pakistan by a joint United Nations-World Health Organization Advisory, Mission...
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Demography (1972) 9 (3): 465–483.
Published: 01 August 1972
... applied to a family planning program currently in progress. An evaluation of the feasibility of that program’s goals is provided, as well as information on limiting resources, data sensitivity, and the most important ages for contraceptive acceptance. DEMOGRAPHY Volume 9, Number 3 August 1972...
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Demography (2005) 42 (4): 769–790.
Published: 01 November 2005
... that social networks and economic incentives play an important role in determining migration outcomes. We use experimental data from PROGRESA, Mexico s primary poverty-reduction program, to evaluate the effects of conditional cash transfers on migration both domestically and to the United States. Our study...
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Demography (1976) 13 (4): 463–478.
Published: 01 November 1976
... in study areas with high program input and increased use of private physician services where program input was low. These findings need to be interpreted with the caution usually exercised in evaluating imperfect field experiments. 26 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1976 1976...
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 1–21.
Published: 01 February 1999
... of the Theory of Demand . International Economic Review , 22 , 333 – 49 . 10.2307/2526280 Moffitt , R. ( 1991 ). Program Evaluation With Nonexperimental Data . Evaluation Review , 15 , 291 – 314 . 10.1177/0193841X9101500301 Olson-Prather , E. ( 1976 ). Husband-Wife...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 947–959.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Lee L. Bean; William Seltzer 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Family Planning Family Planning Program Tubal Ligation Secondary Sterility Program Estimate References 1 See for sample, UNESCO, “Evaluation Techniques,” International Social...
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Demography (1981) 18 (4): 627–634.
Published: 01 November 1981
...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...
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 749–782.
Published: 20 April 2011
... at changing reproductive behavior and preferences among women in different age groups, even when we take into account differences in pre-intervention demand for contraceptive use. Evaluation of the impact of social programs is typically complicated by the fact that both program placement and individual...
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Demography (1972) 9 (3): 415–430.
Published: 01 August 1972
... . Schultz , T. Paul ( 1969 ). An economic model of family planning and fertility . Journal of Political Economy , 77 , 153 – 180 . 10.1086/259506 Schultz , T. Paul ( 1969 ). Effectiveness of Family Planning in Taiwan: A Methodology for Program Evaluation (pp. 4253 – 4253 ). The Rand...
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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2129–2150.
Published: 27 September 2013
... . Retrieved from http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/design Heckman J. ( 1997 ). Instrumental variables: A study of implicit behavioral assumptions used in making program evaluations . Journal of Human Resources , 32 , 441 – 462 . 10.2307/146178 Heckman J. J. , Ichimura H...
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Demography (2008) 45 (4): 763–784.
Published: 01 November 2008
...-wide perspectives. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2008 2008 Head Start Nonmarital Birth Head Start Program Fragile Family Population Representation References Evaluating Head Start: A Recommended Framework for Studying the Impact of the Head Start Program...
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Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1363–1386.
Published: 14 March 2013
...? . In O. Attanasio , &amp; M. Székely (Eds.), The family in flux: Household decision-making in Latin America (pp. 69 – 100 ). Washington, DC : Inter-American Development Bank . Behrman , J. R. , &amp; Hoddinott , J. ( 2005 ). Program evaluation with unobserved heterogeneity...
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Demography (2011) 48 (3): 931–956.
Published: 30 June 2011
.... With longitudinal data, however, one can use the pre-treatment outcomes to test the CIA of this cross-sectional work. Heckman and Hotz ( 1989 ) termed this a “pre-program specification test,” and it has been used extensively in the evaluation of job training and welfare programs but has yet to be applied...
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1845–1871.
Published: 26 April 2013
... can be quite substantial and need to be taken into account in program evaluation. We thank the National Science Foundation Human and Social Dynamics Grant SES-0527751 for financial support; ICDDR,B for their hospitality during fieldwork; and Andrew Foster, Grant Miller, Murat Iyigun, Aloysius...
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