Differentials in Contraceptive Use-Effectiveness in the Philippines

Bibliographic Data

ID10796912
AuthorsJohn E Laing
Year1974
Volume5
Issue10
Pages302
Publication date1974-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Family Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1965141
PMID4439446
OpenAlexW2073245040
LanguageEN
Citations received4

In order to measure the contraceptive experience of the respondents following acceptance of family planning a National Acceptor survey (NAS) was carried out among a national probability sample of women who had been registered as new acceptors in Philippines family planning clinics during 1970. The survey was conducted in January-March 1972 by the Family Planning Evaluation Office of the University of the Philippines Population Institute. This paper summarizes the major findings of the survey. The interviews conducted on a sample of 1865 women who accepted family planning at the clinics in Philippines showed that: 1) after 1 year about 30% of the acceptors stopped practicing contraception; and 2) 22% became pregnant. 7 variables were measured: desire for additional children educational attainment religious affiliation place of residence distance from the clinic cost of supplies and husbands behavior. Only the contraceptive method first accepted had a strong effect on the likehood of continuation of contraception or pregnancy. The IUD proved to have the highest continuation rate and the lowest pregnancy rate of all methods

Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine

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