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A Note on Desired Family Size and Contraceptive use in Rural Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

C. Shannon Stokes ,
Wayne A. Schutjer  and
John R. Poindexter
C. Shannon Stokes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Wayne A. Schutjer
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
John R. Poindexter
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
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Summary

The influence of fertility preferences on contraceptive use is examined among a sample of low income, rural Egyptian women. The findings reveal that while overall use of contraceptives was at modest levels, one-third of respondents who wanted no more children were currently practising contraception. Moreover, fertility preference emerged as the strongest predictor of contraception among the series of social and demographic factors examined.

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Original Articles
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 59 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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