OBJECTIVE The National Population Policy aims to expand voluntary and informed use of contraceptive services. This paper examines the determinants of use of female sterilisation versus other contraceptive methods in rural Bihar, one of the most socially and economically deprived states in India. METHODS Data for 1378 ever-married women aged 15-49 years in rural Bihar, who are currently using ...

Intrauterine contraception is the most widely used method of reversible fertility regulation in the world. Finally, IUC is undergoing a renaissance in the US and it's role will expand as new devices and systems are developed and as old biases among clinicians and women are erased. Successful fertility regulation is a defining factor of the overall health of a population; the expanded use of IUC...

OBJECTIVES To test the contraceptive confidence hypothesis in a modern context. The hypothesis is that women using effective or modern contraceptive methods have increased contraceptive confidence and hence a shorter interval between marriage and first birth than users of ineffective or traditional methods. We extend the hypothesis to incorporate the role of abortion, arguing that it acts as a ...

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Caring for the contraceptive needs of an adolescent young woman can be a challenge on many levels. Adolescents are often called young adults, but they are not adults developmentally. Therefore, adult strategies for contraceptive teaching, decision-making, and compliance are often inappropriate and unsuccessful. Health care providers are faced with increasing constraints in the office that can m...

This paper develops a new equilibrium model of two-sided search where agents have multiple attributes and general payoff functions. The model can be applied to several substantive issues. Here we use it to provide a novel understanding of the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education, employment, and timing of first birt...

Non-users of contraception differ greatly in their likely motivation to adopt a method or resume use. This study presents a new approach to defining high and low motivation groups by stated intention to use, past use, and unmet need, to determine how these groups differ in characteristics and in region of residence. Data come from 23 DHS surveys in sub-Saharan countries, with representation fro...

According to data from the National Study of Family Growth, vasectomy is utilized by 6-13% of American couples for their form of contraception. Physician surveys have shown that over 500,000 men undergo vasectomies per year, and more than 75% of vasectomies are performed by urologists. This chapter provides a brief history of vasectomy, as well as recommendations for preoperative counseling, an...

Community-based provision of injectable contraception continues to advance and is gaining wider acceptance-a major step toward meeting unmet need. However, fully addressing family planning need will require access to a much wider range of methods, including long-acting reversible contraception and permanent methods.