Family Planning Programs in the Third World

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9753208
AutoresRonald Freedman (University of Michigan, autor de correspondencia)
Año1990
Volumen510
Número1
Páginas33-43
Fecha de publicación1990-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716290510001003
OpenAlexW2134199354
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas12

Most of the population of less developed countries (LDCs) now lives in countries with national family planning programs to reduce fertility and improve family welfare. Such programs are a new phenomenon. In some LDCs increasing birth-control practice and fertility declines occurred along with considerable social and economic development, but even there rapid changes among the disadvantaged masses are generally associated with strong family planning programs. Fertility has also fallen in some countries with only some development but with vigorous family planning programs. China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand are such cases. In such places as sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, fertility generally remains quite high, apparently because of little development and traditional familial institutions. Even in these situations, however, there are examples of significant fertility declines, in some cases nationally and in other cases in intensive, high-quality pilot projects that have established the latent demand for family planning

Birth rate · China · Developed country · Developing country · Development economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Family planning policy · Fertility · Geography · Population · Population control · Research methodology · Total fertility rate · Welfare · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine