In recent years, enthusiasm about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has
skyrocketed among US reproductive health care providers because of these methods' …

The concept of unmet need for contraception has been central to international family
planning efforts for decades, and it is perhaps more relevant to programs now than ever …

Context: The measurement of unmet need for family planning-the discrepancy between
individuals' sexual and contraceptive behavior and their stated fertility preferences-has …

The overall goal of this paper is to provide for the first time a comprehensive critical reviezv
of the literature on contraceptive failure in developed countries, primarily the United States …

Context: The causes of the substantial increase in contraceptive prevalence in developing
countries since 1960 have been intensely debated. An important unresolved issue concerns …

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 …

Context: While differences in levels of contraceptive use across socioeconomic subgroups of
women have narrowed greatly over time, large disparities remain in rates of unintended …

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 …

Achieving a close correspondence between fertility desires and realized fertility is a widely
shared public policy goal. This article examines the current relationship between desired …

Unmet need for family planning has been a core concept in international population
discourse for several decades. This article reviews the history of unmet need and the …