The poor performance of most family planning programs in the 1980s, especially in sub‐
Saharan Africa, generated concern among researchers and led to a quest for explanations …

A noted feature of many less developed societies is that marital partnershardly discuss
reproductive issues with the result that decisions on theseissues are usually taken by men …

This study analyzes longitudinal data from couples in rural Nepal to investigate the influence
of spousal communication about family planning on their subsequent contraceptive use. The …

According to couple data from the 1989 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, both
knowledge and approval of family planning are virtually universal in Kenya: Among 98% of …

To what extent do spouses influence each other's reproductive goals? This question was
investigated in Ghana with particular reference to family planning attitudes. Two …

CONTEXT: Few studies have used couple data to identify associations between individual-
and relationship-level characteristics and contraceptive use in urban areas. METHODS …

Previous efforts by demographers to describe and explain spousal differences in reporting
about family planning behavior liave focused on individual attributes that are assumed to be …

The Navrongo experiment, a family planning and health project in northern Ghana, has
demonstrated that an appropriately designed, community‐based family planning program …

Husband's/partner's support for family planning may influence a women's modern
contraceptive use. Socio-demographic factors, couple communication about family planning …

The study examines the effect of husband-wife communication about fertility and family
planning on fertility desires among marital dyads in the Yoruba towns of Ogbomoso and …