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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