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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The role of contraceptive supply and demand in Mexican fertility decline:

evidence from a microdemographic study.

AUTHORS

Lindstrom DP

SOURCE

Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University, Population Studies and Training

Center, 1996 Nov. 34, [18] p. PSTC Working Paper 96-13

ABSTRACT

Mexico experienced increased fertility during 1940-70, a period of economic growth and mortality decline, and

decreased fertility during 1975-80. A population policy was established in 1974. This study provides evidence of

both supply and demand factors as responsible for fertility decline. Data are obtained from 300 interviews conducted

among currently married women and households in 1991-92 in Juchipila and five villages in the state of Zacatecas.

The two-stage survey included a demographic/economic survey of labor and migration and a detailed fertility survey.

Contraceptive use pertains to use from the beginning of marriage to the age of 45 years and excludes months of

pregnancy or migration when the spouse was away. Consensual unions are treated as marriages (2% of the sample).

The study area is a high temporary migration area. During 1985-91, about 16% of men were active internal migrants.

The family planning program provides free of charge six methods of modern contraception. Logistic models are

estimated for periods during 1965-74, 1975-84, and 1985-92. Findings indicate that modern contraceptive use rose

between the late 1960s and the late 1980s. Use of traditional methods also increased and was widespread. By the

early 1970s, about 33% of married women and a high proportion of younger married women were using some method

of birth control, even though public services were not yet available. Sterilization among women older than 35 years

became popular during the 1980s. Multivariate findings suggest that family planning services increased the

likelihood that women would use sterilization to end childbearing. Both men and women expressed strong concerns

about the safety of modern methods, concerns based on inaccurate information. Future increases in use will be

related to improved communication about the safety of modern methods and the improved quality of public services.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2082-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The role of contraceptive supply and demand in Mexican

fertility decline: evidence from a microdemographic study.", is(are) Lindstrom DP. The source of this article is

"Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University, Population Studies and Training Center, 1996 Nov. 34, [18] p. PSTC

Working Paper 96-13". This article was published in 1996 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT2T 2082-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7082

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