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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Demographic and socioeconomic determinants of contraceptive use among urban

women in the Melanesian countries in the South Pacific: a case study of Port

Vila Town in Vanuatu.

AUTHORS

Jayaraman TK

SOURCE

Manila, Philippines, Asian Development Bank, Economics and Development

Resource Center, 1995 Feb. 35 p. Economics and Development Resource Center

Occasional Paper No. 11

ABSTRACT

The objective of this paper is to analyze various factors determining the use of contraceptives among the married

women of reproductive age living in the urban areas in the Melanesian countries. The analysis relies upon the

findings of the survey of women in Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, undertaken over a period of three months in the

first half of 1994. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2522-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Demographic and socioeconomic determinants of

contraceptive use among urban women in the Melanesian countries in the South Pacific: a case study of Port Vila

Town in Vanuatu.", is(are) Jayaraman TK. The source of this article is "Manila, Philippines, Asian Development

Bank, Economics and Development Resource Center, 1995 Feb. 35 p. Economics and Development Resource

Center Occasional Paper No. 11". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 2522-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7522

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