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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Prospective changes in desired family size and contraceptive use. Main

findings and policy implications of the Zimbabwe socio-cultural study.

AUTHORS

Zimbabwe. National Family Planning Council; United Nations Population Fund

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1995 Jun. xii, 31 p.

ABSTRACT

This report summarizes the results and policy implications of a sociocultural study undertaken by the Zimbabwe

National Family Planning (FP) Council in 1992 to uncover the ways and extent to which cultural factors affect

attitudes and choices relating to family size. The study was performed because fertility remains high in Zimbabwe

despite nearly universal approval of FP, extensive knowledge of effective methods, and current contraceptive usage

by approximately 40%. After the executive summary, chapter 1 describes why people have children and why they hold

certain family size goals (specific topics covered include marriage and childbearing, the desire for children, and

unwanted births). Chapter 2 considers the possibility of instituting changes in desired family size through the

postponement of marriage, through changes in the desire for children, and by enhancing readiness to set family-size

goals. Chapter 3 covers the current impact of sociocultural factors on knowledge of, attitudes toward, and use of FP

methods. Chapter 4 examines the potential for changing knowledge, attitudes, and usage. Because these issues

are complex, the FP Council considers the findings and policy implications reported in this report to be provisional

and incomplete. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3029-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Prospective changes in desired family size and

contraceptive use. Main findings and policy implications of the Zimbabwe socio-cultural study.", is(are) Zimbabwe.

National Family Planning Council; United Nations Population Fund [UNFPA]. The source of this article is

"[Unpublished] 1995 Jun. xii, 31 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 3029-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8029

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