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YEAR: 1974

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

World survey of family planning services and practice.

AUTHORS

Huber SC

SOURCE

In: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Survey of world needs in

family planning. London, IPPF, 1974. p. 57-72

ABSTRACT

Information on trends in provision of family planning services and individual contraceptive practice on an agency,

national, regional, and worldwide scale was collected in December 1972 using 2 basic inquiry forms for 209

geographic entities listed in Table 2 of the 1971 UN Demographic Yearbook as having populations over 5000. A

long questionnaire (17 questions) was sent to 107 IPPF members and grant-receiving countries; a shorter version

was used for remaining countries. 3 additional long questionnaires were completed for the U.S.S.R., Taiwan, and the

People's Republic of China at the central Office from available information and in consultation with knowledgeable

persons. Respondents were encouraged to give best guesses or estimates where hard data were lacking. The

findings are presented in 2 sections. 1 consists of data transferred directly from the short form or abstracted from the

long form for all 209 entities; the other is comprised of information on 98 countries from the long form. Information

sought included prevalence of contraceptive knowledge and practice, rates of use and methods used, sources of

service supplies, frequency of legal and illegal abortion, and an appraisal of local barriers to the full development of

family planning. Indications were that 95% of the world's population live in countries having some organized services,

and that approximately 31% of the women at risk are currently protected, almost half of them by orals, IUDs, or

sterilization. Abortion was a frequently used means of birth control as indicated by the worldwide rate of 4 abortions

for every 10 live births. Trends in user were toward orals and sterilization; IUDs and condoms were on the decrease.

Young people were found to have limited access to information and education, and rural couples to have less

knowledge of contraceptive methods than did urban couples. Government support generally consisted of provision of

clinical services and trained personnel leaving voluntary agencies to provide infomraiton and education, train

nonmedical personnel, and support special projects and research. The most frequently cited barrier to full

development of services was lack of trained staff; the factor quoted least often was lack of supplies. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT8T 6-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "World survey of family planning services and practice.",

is(are) Huber SC. The source of this article is "In: International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Survey of

world needs in family planning. London, IPPF, 1974. p. 57-72". This article was published in 1974 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 6-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 35006

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