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Studies in Family Planning

June 2010, Vol. 41, No. 2

Articles

• Women and Reproductive Control: The Nexus between Abortion and Contraceptive Use in Madhya Pradesh, India / Jeffrey Edmeades, Susan M. Lee-Rife, and Anju Malhotra

  This article examines the determinants of contraceptive and abortion behavior and how each of these influences the other, with an emphasis on the role of women’s life-course stage and experience. We base our approach on life-course theory, which argues that behavior is influenced by current circumstances as well as experiences over the life course. We use data collected for every pregnancy experienced by 2,444 women in Madhya Pradesh, India, to explore use of temporary contraceptive methods (both modern and traditional) and sterilization, as well as abortion attempts. We use logistic regression to model whether women took these actions in a given pregnancy interval, including past experience with contraception in the abortion analyses and with abortion in the contraceptive analyses. The results suggest that life-course factors play a role in shaping behavior. Moreover, past use of contraceptives has a significant effect on attempted abortion and vice versa. Finally, we find that this relationship changes as women age and accumulate experience. (Studies in Family
  Planning 2010; 41[2]: 75–88) (offsite link*)

  Son Preference in the Context of Fertility Decline: Limits to New Constructions of Gender and Kinship in Nepal / Jan Brunson

  This article explores the persistence of son preference in a patrilineal, patrilocal society in the midst of fertility decline. Using survey and ethnographic data from Hindu-caste Nepali families in a semiurban village, I analyze which cultural norms regarding reproduction are questioned by contemporary married couples and which remain intact. Despite modest improvements in gender equality, levels of education, and economic conditions, the practical knowledge that daughters will be lost to other lineages and households pressures couples who might otherwise be willing to invest in daughters to continue procreating until they produce a son. Young mothers, therefore, reluctantly admit to needing a son, revealing a discrepancy between their initially stated reproductive ideals and their ultimate behavior. (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 89–98) (offsite link*)

Reducing Inequities in Access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services The eight commentaries and short empirical reports in this special section are refined and expanded versions of presentations given at a three-day meeting (30 June–2 July 2009) of 40 international experts convened by UNFPA to mark the ICPD+15 year by reviewing evidence of—and developing recommendations for how to reduce—inequities in access to family planning and other sexual and reproductive health services. Information about the meeting, including the agenda, list of participants, and Recommendations for Action, can be viewed at http://www.unfpa.org/public/news/events/pid/2883. Equity Analysis: Identifying Who Benefits from Family Planning Programs / Nuriye Ortayli and Shawn Malarcher This study examines current disparities in access to family planning services in developing countries with data drawn from 64 Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 1994 and 2008. The percent of demand satisfied is used as a proxy measure for access to family planning. In all regions, married women aged 15–19 have greater difficulty than older women in meeting their need for contraceptive services. Inequities in the percent of demand satisfied among individuals of varying economic status, area of residence, and education are observed in all regions except Central Asia. These gaps are larger and more common in sub-Saharan Africa. Strategies that seek to increase contraceptive use rapidly without consideration for disadvantaged groups are likely to increase observed inequities in percent of demand satisfied in the short term. Efforts to monitor progress toward the goals enumerated in 1994 at the International Conference on Population and Development and toward other development goals must go beyond global, regional, and national averages to address the needs of population groups that are at greatest risk of adverse health outcomes. (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 101–108) (offsite link*) Reaching the Urban Poor with Family Planning Services / Alex C. Ezeh, Ivy Kodzi, and Jacques Emina (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 109–116) (offsite link*) Removing Barriers to Adolescents’ Access to Contraceptive Information and Services / Akinrinola Bankole and Shawn Malarcher (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 117–124) (offsite link*) Reaching the Underserved: Family Planning for Women with HIV / Rose Wilcher and Willard Cates, Jr. (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 125–128) (offsite link*) Contraceptive Switching after Method-related Discontinuation: Levels and Differentials / Mohamed M Ali and John Cleland (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 129–133) (offsite link*) Geographic Variations in Inequities in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services / Adam Weiner (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 134–138) (offsite link*) Program Strategies for Reducing Inequities in Reproductive Health Services / John W. Townsend (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 139–142) (offsite link*) Integrating Family Planning with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: The Past as Prologue? / Gita Sen (Studies in Family Planning 2010; 41[2]: 143–146) (offsite link*)

 

Data

• Bangladesh 2007: Results from the Demographic and Health Survey (offsite link*)
• Democratic Republic of Egypt 2008: Results from the Demographic and Health Survey (offsite link*)

Book Reviews (offsite link*)

• International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education: An evidence-informed approach
  for schools, teachers and health educators / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  Reviewed by Ruth Dixon-Mueller
• Reproductive Health and Human Rights: The Way Forward / Laura Reichenbach and Mindy Jane Roseman (editors)
  Reviewed by Jane Bertrand
  
  

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