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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Poverty and family planning in Peru. [Pobreza y planificacion familiar en

el Peru.]

AUTHORS

Padilla Trejo A

SOURCE

In: Conversatorio: "Planificacion familiar y pobreza en el Peru", [compiled by]

Peru. Consejo Nacional de Poblacion. Lima, Peru, Consejo Nacional de

ABSTRACT

Poverty, which has reached alarming levels after nearly two decades of economic crisis, is the biggest problem of

the Peruvian population. The high fertility of the impoverished sectors adds a demographic component to the

economic factors in poverty. This article analyzes the demographic dimension of poverty in Peru and its relationship

to family planning from a longterm perspective. Poverty was assessed on the basis of unsatisfied needs identified in

the 1993 census. The indicators were households with inadequate physical characteristics, crowding, or lack of

sewage disposal, children not attending school, or high degree of economic dependence. Households with one

unsatisfied need were considered poor and those with two or more unsatisfied needs were considered extremely

poor. 57% of Peru's population, 64% in the interior, and 30% in Lima and Callao were poor. Nearly half were

extremely poor. Peru's poor population has a natural increase rate of 2.2% annually, compared to 1.4% for the

nonpoor. The ideal family size of Peruvian women is not greatly influenced by social status. But high female

illiteracy rates, lack of knowledge of physiology, limited sex education, a fatalistic culture, and a relative lack of family

planning services and information have led to a low and deficient use of contraceptive methods by the poor. In

1992, 46% of poor women, but 69% of wealthier women, used a contraceptive method. The poor were more likely to

use less reliable methods. Peru's 1995 population of 23.5 million included 13 million poor. The nonpoor population

is projected to increase by only 3.7 million through 2025. The future growth of the poor population will depend much

more on their fertility behavior. Their projected population in 2025 will vary between 24.4 million if high fertility is

maintained, and 18.9 million if a pattern of very low fertility is adopted. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3010-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Poverty and family planning in Peru. [Pobreza y

planificacion familiar en el Peru.]", is(are) Padilla Trejo A. The source of this article is "In: Conversatorio:

"Planificacion familiar y pobreza en el Peru", [compiled by] Peru. Consejo Nacional de Poblacion. Lima, Peru,

Consejo Nacional de Poblacion, 1995. :9-15.". This article was published in 1995 in Spanish language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 3010-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8010

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