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YEAR: 1968

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Family planning: attitudes and practices in a suburban area of Thailand.

AUTHORS

Burnight RG; Keovichit S; Udry JR

SOURCE

In: Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research.

Proceedings of the Third National Population Seminar, Bangkok, April 2-5, 1968.

Bangkok, National Research Council, 1968. p. 375-391. 1 ref

ABSTRACT

960 wives, aged 15-44, from a suburban area of Bangkok were interviewed to determine family planning attitudes and

practices in a heterogeneous Thai population. The women studied had an average 3.8 pregnancies, 3.5 live births,

and 3.2 living children. There was an inverse relationship between number of live births and the education of the

wife and husband. 56% of women having 2 children wanted no more, and 90% of those with 4 children wanted no

more. 71% were in favor of some simple contraceptive method, and 45% had used a method at some time or other.

Tubal ligation was the best known (81.8%) and most used (35%) method. Most users were 30-35 years of age, and

use increased with increasing number of children. Only 3 women reported having had an induced abortion, but

91.8% favored an abortion if the mother's life was endangered. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT9T 1049-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Family planning: attitudes and practices in a suburban area

of Thailand.", is(are) Burnight RG; Keovichit S; Udry JR. The source of this article is "In: Mahidol University.

Institute for Population and Social Research. Proceedings of the Third National Population Seminar, Bangkok, April

2-5, 1968. Bangkok, National Research Council, 1968. p. 375-391. 1 ref". This article was published in 1968 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT9T 1049-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

41049

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