Literature on the effect of decision-making patterns on contraceptive use often does not (1)
distinguish between women participating in decisions and controlling them, and (2) account …

METHODS: Data on 7,671 women in union from the 2001 Mali Demographic and Health
Survey were anal multilevel modeling techniques to assess the effects of individual and …

The debate around the relative influence of ideation versus development on fertility
reduction has been on-going at least since Cleland & Wilson's “iconoclastic view” of fertility …

This study uses data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) of 1988 to
examine factors determining the continued low levels of contraceptive use in Ghana. The …

This paper explores the hypothesis that gender attitude scales (which measure the degree
of equity in gender attitudes) are associated with contraceptive use. Four hundred male and …

Bivariate and multivariate analyses of the influence of demographic and sociocultural factors
on contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice among currently married respondents in …

This study investigates sustained use of contraceptives among women in East Java,
Indonesia. Interest is focused on the effect of whether the client's choice of contraceptive …

Norms and beliefs toward contraception, both positive and negative, motivate contraceptive
use; however, they have seldom been explored longitudinally in low‐and middle‐income …

Four pooled Demographic and Health Survey data sets are used to examine the
determinants of contraceptive method choice in rural Tanzania for the period from 1991 to …

Background Research suggests that women of reproductive age who are involved in
household decision-making are more likely than those who are not involved to be able to …