Survey Analysis for the Guidance of Family Planning Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10796261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John A Ro (0000-0003-3748-4128, corresponding author), John A Ross, Regina Mcnamara |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 164 |
| Publication date | 1986-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1967047 |
| OpenAlex | W2320287838 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The papers included here each elucidate the value of the World Fertility Survey (WFS) or other surveys for family planning analysis. 5 subjects of current interest are treated in this volume. The problem of estimating demand or unmet need for services is dealt with by 2 different approaches cross-sectional and time-orientedd. Both of these estimates of demand work from interview statements as to whether or not more children are wanted. Several papers reflect in different ways the problematic nature of questions on desired family size wanting/not wanting more children and fecundity status. The 2nd subject concerns the exploitation of survey information for policy development and program planning. The 3rd section of the volume concerns reasons for the use/non-use of contraception. Overall while the clearest correlates of contraceptive use have always been family size age and education it has not been easy to go much beyond that in describing users and non-users. Analysts still have much to do in explaining or predicting who will initiate and continue contraceptive use. The 4th section discusses service availability. Actual availability is an areal variable and must come from objective data on the number and type of service points in the village or the distance to the nearest clinic. Users have better information than non-users on all these points and so the knowledge and the use of contraceptive services tend to move along together. The final section concerns a muchh neglected feature of home interviews in developing countries--the frequent presence of other persons. Thorough analysis of interview responses shows that others presence did no great damage to the reporting of contraceptive knowledge and use. The papers included in this volume report on a number of surveys other than the WFS and cover studies from various developing countries
Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Population · Research methodology · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2014 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |