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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Unmet needs in family planning. Background paper 1.

AUTHORS

Pirovano E

SOURCE

International Planned Parenthood Federation, 21 Anniversary Conference, June

1, 1973. 47 p

ABSTRACT

An evaluation of recent trends in world population and fertility is given as a "demographic stage" upon which other

studies evaluating family planning services, reproductive and contraceptive practices and financial resources can be

set. Sources for information and data for this study of 209 countries (46 indices of size, growth, and structure of

national populations) were mainly in United Nations publications. The main findings of the study are presented

under population growth, fertility, fertility trends, age at marriage, and socioeconomic associations: a detailed data

summary is included in an appendix. The world population in the 1960s increased annually by 21 per 1000 people;

the crude birth rate fell slightly, with the greatest fall in areas with low birth rates. Except for Africa, the Middle East,

and India there seemed to have been a reduction in fertility. Birth rate and contraceptive practice were positively

related to income, literacy and infant mortality, and only marginally related to urbanization. It is suggested that it will

be difficult to separate family planning from community development as a whole. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT8T 55-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Unmet needs in family planning. Background paper 1.",

is(are) Pirovano E. The source of this article is "International Planned Parenthood Federation, 21 Anniversary

Conference, June 1, 1973. 47 p". This article was published in 1973 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT8T 55-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35055

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