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YEAR: 2004

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

How family planning ideas are spread within social groups in rural Malawi.

AUTHORS

Paz Soldan VA

SOURCE

Studies in Family Planning. 2004;35(4):275-290.

ABSTRACT

Using data from in-depth interviews conducted between March and June 2002 in a rural district of Malawi, this study

explores how family planning attitudes and practices spread among members of social groups. Gender differentials

are found in how people determine other group members' practices: Men "knew" about such practices from their

observations of others' family size and child spacing, whereas women's knowledge was based on their conversations

with other women. The discussion topics relating to family planning also varied by sex: Men spoke about the pros

and cons of limiting family size, whereas women spoke in detail about types of contraceptive methods, where to get

them, their side effects, and covert contraceptive use. For men and women, the main trigger for family planning

discussions was gossip. Whereas, generally, women first heard about family planning at the hospital, men stated

that their first source of information was the radio or health-drama group. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT1T 568-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "How family planning ideas are spread within social groups

in rural Malawi.", is(are) Paz Soldan VA. The source of this article is "Studies in Family Planning. 2004;35(4):275-

290.". This article was published in 2004 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT1T 568-06.

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This article is peer-reviewed.

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