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YEAR: 1970

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Morocco: family planning attitudes, knowledge, and practice in the Sais

Plain.

AUTHORS

Lapham RJ

SOURCE

Studies in Family Planning. 1970 Oct;1(58):11-22.

ABSTRACT

This report is a slightly revised version of Chapter Five of the Ph.D. dissertation by Robert J. Lapham, prepared in the

Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. The full thesis, entitled "Fertility Determinants in the Sais

Plain of Central Morocco," is available from University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. Lapham, former

Population Council Demographic Advisor in North Africa, is now a Staff Associate in the Council's Demographic

Division, and is working on family planning evaluation. The author wishes to express his appreciation to the

Moroccan Ministry of Health; to the health personnel in the Meknès area for their encouragement and assistance with

the project; and to the Moroccan Census Bureau. This research was made possible by a grant from the Foreign Area

Fellowship Program, with supplementary assistance from the Population Studies Center of the University of

Michigan, the Center for Near Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan, and the Population

Council. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 4582-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Morocco: family planning attitudes, knowledge, and

practice in the Sais Plain.", is(are) Lapham RJ. The source of this article is "Studies in Family Planning. 1970

Oct;1(58):11-22.". This article was published in 1970 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT8T 4582-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 39582

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