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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Women's socioeconomic position, contraceptive use and fertility preferences

in Togo.

AUTHORS

Gage AJ

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population

Association of America, Miami, Florida, May 5-7, 1994. [2], 41 p.

ABSTRACT

Data on 3360 women aged 15-49 years from the 1988 Togo Demographic and Health Surveys were used to examine

the relationship between socioeconomic indicators (e.g., spouse choice, formal/consensual status, polygyny, co-

residence of spouses, first marriage age, and inter-ethnic marriage) and spousal communication about family

planning, ever use of contraception, and the desire to terminate childbearing. The findings of multivariate analysis

showed that marriage patterns were important determinants of husband-wife communication about family planning.

Women who chose their spouses without family interference were significantly more likely to discuss family planning

with their partner. The earlier the marriage age, the lower the likelihood of spousal communication. Women in

consensual unions or who did not co-reside with their husband were also less likely to have spousal communication.

Women who engaged in wage labor which was allocated to credit schemes and saved were significantly more likely

to discuss family planning with husbands. Partner choice was unrelated to traditional methods of contraceptive

use, but was significantly related to ever use of modern methods. Women who chose their husband with the advice

of parents were 80% more likely to have ever used a modern method. Women who independently chose their spouse

were 3.5 times more likely to have ever used modern contraception. The most significant marital union predictor of

traditional use was consensual unions, which were related to an increased likelihood of ever use of traditional

methods. After controlling for husband-wife communication, women with earned savings or credit arrangements were

64% more likely to have ever used traditional methods and were significantly more likely to have ever used modern

methods. Women members of economic associations were also more likely to have ever used traditional methods

and less likely to have used a modern method. A 26% increased likelihood of ever use of traditional methods was

related to each yearly increase in age. Early marriage age and the same ethnic background were significantly related

to a lower likelihood of modern use. Women who had spousal communication about family planning were 88% more

likely to have ever used traditional methods. Women with resident husbands were 30% less likely to desire no more

children than women with absent spouses. More educated women and women at higher parities wanted to stop

childbearing. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4511-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Women's socioeconomic position, contraceptive use and

fertility preferences in Togo.", is(are) Gage AJ. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1994. Presented at the

Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Miami, Florida, May 5-7, 1994. [2], 41 p.". This article was

published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4511-06. All rights reserved with

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