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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning |
| An empirical study of the transactional price of an expected child and its |
| significance to further birth control. |
| CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE. 1995;7(1):13-25. |
| This study analyzed one- and two-child families and their reproductive desires in China. The survey data was |
| obtained from both men and women in 10 provinces but the analysis aggregated responses. Only in Guizhou did |
| 100% of one-daughter households desire more children. Responses varied by province for those who considered the |
| current number insufficient, those who desired more children, those willing to forgo more children due to a heavy |
| penalty, and those willing to forgo children for greater rewards. Most who considered that their current number of |
| children was insufficient also did not wish to have more children due to a penalty and other reasons. Large |
| percentages were willing to limit reproduction when the penalty was large. Credibility of responses was questioned |
| because there were high percentages reporting satisfaction with one-child families regardless of the sex of the child |
| in Liaoning, Shejiang, and Shandong provinces. Almost 50% of couples in Liaoning and Hebei provinces were happy |
| with one daughter. When individuals responded negatively to the desire to give up childbearing when the penalty |
| was high, the interpretation was that the question might have not been understood. The question was meant to be |
| theoretical, but some responded to the question as if it were real. A very low percentage was willing to forgo |
| reproduction for a reward. The higher the penalty (up to 10,000 yuan), the greater the percentage of households |
| willing to forgo childbearing. Current policy had established rewards and penalties too low to have an impact on |
| future reproductive intentions. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2586-06) |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "An empirical study of the transactional price of an expected |
| child and its significance to further birth control.", is(are) Li X. The source of this article is "CHINESE JOURNAL OF |
| POPULATION SCIENCE. 1995;7(1):13-25.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). |
| (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2586-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7586 |
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