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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Unmet needs in family planning: a world survey.

AUTHORS

Robbins J

SOURCE

Family Planning Perspectives 5(4): 232-236. 1973.

ABSTRACT

Some of the main findings of a survey conducted by International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) included: 1)

as of 1971, 7 in 10 of an estimated 500 million women at risk of having an unwanted pregnancy were using no

contraceptive method at all; 2) in developed industrialized countries 60% of the couples at risk used contraception

vs. about 12% in less developed countries; 3) only about 1/7 of the women at risk used the most effective medical

methods--the pill, IUD, or contraceptive sterilization; 4) more than 55 million women terminated their pregnancies by

induced abortion. There were 4 abortions for every 10 babies delivered; 5) about $1.5 billion was spent worldwide in

1971 by governments, private agencies and individuals on contraception; 6) a like amount was spent on induced

abortion; 7) 62% of the $3 billion total spent on fertility control came from individuals who paid for their own services.

The methodology of the survey is explained and the reliability of some of the data is discussed. The point is made

that often highly industrialized countries have the lowest number of women who need contraception, and practice the

highest rate of contraception. In more developed countries, 2/3 of contracepting couples used the pill or the IUD or

had a contraceptive sterilization. In less developed countries, only 3 out of 10 contraceptors used these most

effective medical methods. No more than 25% of those practicing contraception are guided by organized clinic

programs; where there are programs, there are twice as many practicing contraception. About 70% of the total spent

for fertility control services in 1971 was spent in industrially developed countries: 1/4 in the United States, 1/5 in the

Soviet Union, and 1/5 in Eastern and Western Europe. The principal bar to successful spread of the use of family

planning in less developed countries is the lack of resources for the extension of services and training programs.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT8T 57-06)

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