Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data

Family Planning and Fertility : Estimating Program Effects Using Cross-Sectional Data

Although reproductive health advocates consider family planning programs the intervention of choice to reduce fertility, there remains a great deal of skepticism among economists as to their effectiveness, despite little rigorous evidence to suppor...

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Main Authors: Portner, Claus C., Beegle, Kathleen, Christiaensen, Luc
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABSTINENCE
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING
ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
AGED
AVAILABILITY OF FAMILY PLANNING
AVERAGE AGE
BIRTH SPACING
BIRTH WEIGHT
BREASTFEEDING
CHILD BEARING
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILDREN PER WOMAN
CLINICS
CONCEPTION
CONDOMS
CONTRACEPTIVE
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE
CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATES
CONTRACEPTIVE USE
CULTURAL CHANGE
CURRENT TOTAL FERTILITY
DECENTRALIZATION
DECLINE IN FERTILITY
DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS
EDUCATED WOMEN
ETHNIC GROUP
FAMILY ECONOMICS
FAMILY FORMATION
FAMILY PLANNING
FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC
FAMILY PLANNING FACILITIES
FAMILY PLANNING METHODS
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FEMALE STERILIZATION
FERTILITY
FERTILITY DECLINE
FERTILITY PATTERNS
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER BIRTHS
FOOD INSECURITY
FORMAL EDUCATION
GIRLS
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH FACILITY
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HIGH FERTILITY RATE
HIGH POPULATION GROWTH
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD POVERTY
HOUSING
IMPACT OF FAMILY PLANNING
IMPACT OF POPULATION
IMPACT ON FERTILITY
IMPORTANT POLICY
INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES
INTERVENTION
IUD
LABOR MARKET
LABOUR FORCE
LACK OF INFORMATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFETIME FERTILITY
LIMITED RESOURCES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
LOW-INCOME SETTINGS
MALARIA
MARRIED WOMEN
METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION
MIGRATION
MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES
MORTALITY LEVELS
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL POPULATION
NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF WOMEN
OLD AGE
OLDER WOMEN
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL
PILLS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION POLICIES
POPULATION POLICY
POPULATION SIZE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PROGRESS
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS
REPRODUCTIVE LIFE
REPRODUCTIVE YEARS
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESPECT
ROLE OF GENDER
RURAL AREAS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL SECTOR
TOTAL FERTILITY RATE
TOTAL FERTILITY RATES
UNWANTED BIRTHS
UNWANTED FERTILITY
URBAN AREAS
URBAN COMMUNITIES
URBANIZATION
WOMAN
WORLD POPULATION
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNGER WOMEN
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