Indonesia 2012 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
Niger 2012 DHS
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: DATA Source Type: research
An Intervention to Increase the Condom Supply in Rural Zambia
This study investigates the potential unmet demand for condoms in rural sub‐Saharan Africa. I provide empirical evidence of the importance of supply effects, based on an evaluation of a distribution program in which nine agents were enlisted to sell condoms across 92 rural villages in Zambia. I find that the number of individuals acquiring condoms tripled and the number of condoms distributed rose by more than 250 percent. The study demonstrates that individuals in poor rural areas are willing to pay for condoms and provides a model whereby public health goods can be acquired through market forces without the government ...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: David Seidenfeld Tags: REPORT Source Type: research
The Relationship between Partners' Family‐Size Preferences in Southern Malawi
In this study, we use couple‐level panel data from married and unmarried young adults in southern Malawi to examine the relationship between partners' family‐size preferences. We find evidence of assortative mating: young Malawians are more likely to partner with individuals who have similar family‐size goals. Additionally, although partners' family‐size preferences do not perfectly converge, changes among men's and women's preferences are significantly more likely to be “toward” than “away from” those of their partner. Our findings point to a need for studies regarding the relative influence of partners on...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sara Yeatman, Christie Sennott Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Couples' Unmet Need for Family Planning in Three West African Countries
This study builds on previous work and proposes a method of calculating couples' unmet need for family planning based on spouses' independent fertility intentions. We analyze Demographic and Health Survey data from couples from three West African countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, and Mali. We find that fewer than half of couples having any unmet need had concordant unmet need (41–49 percent). A similar percentage of couples had wife‐only unmet need (33–40 percent). A smaller percentage had husband‐only unmet need (15–23 percent). Calculating unmet need based only on women's fertility intentions overestimates conco...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Erin Pearson, Stan Becker Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
HIV Risk Perceptions, the Transition to Marriage, and Divorce in Southern Malawi
Little is known about whether the timing of marriage is used as a strategy to avoid HIV infection among young people in sub‐Saharan Africa. Analyzing five rounds of longitudinal data from the Malawi Schooling and Adolescent Survey, we do not find support for the hypothesis that young women's perceived chances of future HIV infection are associated with the transition to marriage, but we do find evidence that young married women who see themselves as at risk of future infection have a greater likelihood of divorcing than do women who perceive no chance of future infection. We also use individual‐level fixed‐effects re...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Monica J. Grant, Erica Soler‐Hampejsek Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Intended and Unintended Pregnancies Worldwide in 2012 and Recent Trends
Periodic estimation of the incidence of global unintended pregnancy can help demonstrate the need for and impact of family planning programs. We draw upon multiple sources of data to estimate pregnancy incidence by intention status and outcome at worldwide, regional, and subregional levels in 2012 and to assess recent trends using previously published estimates for 2008 and 1995. We find that 213 million pregnancies occurred in 2012, up slightly from 211 million in 2008. The global pregnancy rate decreased only slightly from 2008 to 2012, after declining substantially between 1995 and 2008. Eighty‐five million pregnancie...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - September 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Rubina Hussain Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research
Errata
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: ERRATA Source Type: research
Erratum to “Do Natural Methods Count? Underreporting of Natural Contraception in Urban Burkina Faso”
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Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Clémentine Rossier, Leigh Senderowicz, Abdramane Soura Tags: Erratum Source Type: research
Reducing Unmet Need and Unwanted Childbearing: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Pakistan
Pakistan's high unmet need for contraception and low contraceptive prevalence remain a challenge, especially in light of the country's expected contribution to the FP2020 goal of expanding family planning services to an additional 120 million women with unmet need. Analysis of panel data from 14 Pakistani districts suggests that efforts to reduce unmet need should also focus on empowering women who are currently practicing contraception to achieve their own reproductive intentions through continuation of contraceptive use of any method. Providing women with better quality of care and encouraging method switching would brid...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Anrudh K. Jain, Arshad Mahmood, Zeba A. Sathar, Irfan Masood Tags: REDUCING UNMET NEED Source Type: research
Using Measurements of Unmet Need to Inform Program Investments for Health Service Integration
Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data could potentially inform optimal strategies to reach women having unmet need with contraceptive services through integrated service delivery. Using 2010–11 DHS data from Nepal, Senegal, and Uganda, we estimate the proportion of married or cohabitating women of reproductive age (MWRA) having unmet need for family planning (FP) who have accessed selected health services and therefore could be offered FP services through integrated service delivery. We find substantial missed opportunities to reach MWRA having unmet need for family planning (FP) in the three countries examined. We al...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Shawn Malarcher, Chelsea B. Polis Tags: REDUCING UNMET NEED Source Type: research
The Impact of Family Planning Programs on Unmet Need and Demand for Contraception
This article aims to shed additional light on this issue by analyzing data drawn from recent Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 63 developing countries. The first section reviews general levels and trends in unmet need, demand, and use over the course of the fertility transition. The second section presents different types of evidence of program effects, including results from a controlled experiment and from country case studies. The evidence indicates a program impact on both unmet need and demand. (Source: Studies in Family Planning)
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: John Bongaarts Tags: REDUCING UNMET NEED Source Type: research
Unmet Need and Fertility Decline: A Comparative Perspective on Prospects in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study assesses how changes in unmet need for family planning have contributed to contemporary fertility declines, and the implications of this historical record for further fertility decline, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa. We examine joint trends at the national level in fertility, unintended fertility, and unmet need. We bring unintended fertility into the analysis because the underlying rationale for reducing unmet need is to avert unintended pregnancies and births. The association over time between unmet need and fertility is investigated using survey data from 45 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America a...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: John B. Casterline, Laila O. El‐Zeini Tags: UNMET NEED, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, AND FERTILITY Source Type: research
Unmet Need for Family Planning in Ghana: The Shifting Contributions of Lack of Access and Attitudinal Resistance
In Ghana, despite a 38 percent decline in the total fertility rate from 1988 to 2008, unmet need for family planning among married women exposed to pregnancy risk declined only modestly in this period: from 50 percent to 42 percent. Examining data from the five DHS surveys conducted in Ghana during these years, we find that the relative contribution to unmet need of lack of access to contraceptive methods has diminished, whereas attitudinal resistance has grown. In 2008, 45 percent of women with unmet need experienced no apparent obstacles associated with access or attitude, 32 percent had access but an unfavorable attitud...
Source: Studies in Family Planning - June 14, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kazuyo Machiyama, John Cleland Tags: UNMET NEED, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, AND FERTILITY Source Type: research
