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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The effects of fertility intentions and access to services on contraceptive

use in Tunisia.

AUTHORS

Cochrane SH; Guilkey DK

SOURCE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE. 1995 Jul;43(4):779-804.

ABSTRACT

The effects of access to social services, including family planning, on contraceptive use in Tunisia were

investigated through use of a theoretical model built on the contributions of Easterlin, Crimmins, Rosenzweig, and

Schultz. The model examines the effects of the number of surviving children on the desire for additional children,

and then uses these fertility intentions as right-hand-side endogenous variables in equations that explain

contraceptive method choice. The analysis is based on data derived from the 1988 Tunisian Demographic and

Health Survey. Of interest was Tunisia's relatively high total fertility rate (4.1) considering the strength of its family

planning effort, low infant mortality, and high urbanization. Contraceptive method frequencies were as follows:

modern resupply methods, 426; IUD, 688; traditional, 362; sterilization, 370; and no method, 1384. Fertility intentions

were: wants another child now, 429; wants another child after two years, 710; and wants no more children, 1721.

Contraceptive usage was affected positively by exposure to a family planning media message, and choice of method

was impacted by method availability in the community. Also noted was a strong association between fertility

intentions and use of reversible methods, as well as a relationship between method choice and demographic factors

such as husband's education, remote residence, and household assets. The model indicated that the positive

impact of Tunisia's strong family planning program outweighs the potential for low levels of female education to

undermine contraceptive use. However, elimination of limitations to contraceptive access that persist among some

socioeconomic groups is essential to reduce the unmet need for family planning. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 2566-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The effects of fertility intentions and access to services on

contraceptive use in Tunisia.", is(are) Cochrane SH; Guilkey DK. The source of this article is "ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL CHANGE. 1995 Jul;43(4):779-804.". This article was published in 1995 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2566-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7566

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