Appropriate methods for analyzing the effect of method choice on contraceptive discontinuation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10969446
AutoresFiona Steele (Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL, UK, autor de correspondencia), Siân Curtis (0000-0001-5225-860X, MEASURE Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA)
Año2003
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas1-22
Fecha de publicación2003-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDemography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/dem.2003.0009
PMID12647511
OpenAlexW2133754046
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas21

The contraceptive method chosen is an important determinant of contraceptive discontinuation. However, method choice is endogenous to contraceptive discontinuation. Using data from the 1997 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey, we apply a multilevel multiprocess model to examine the impact of method choice on three types of contraceptive discontinuation. We confirm that method choice is endogenous to the processes of contraceptive abandonment and method switching, but not failure. Ignoring the endogeneity of contraceptive choice leads to various biases in the magnitude of estimated effects of method choice on abandonment and method switching, but the general conclusions are robust to these biases

Abandonment (legal · Developed country · Discontinuation · Econometrics · Economics · Endogeneity · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Population · Research methodology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Maternal and Child Health · Internal Medicine · Medicine