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Title: CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE AND PRIVATE SOUCES OF CONTRACEPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Little is known about the role that private sources play in making family planning available to women in sub-Saharan African countries. Analyzing the most recent Demographic and Health Surveys for 20 countries through IPUMS-DHS (Boyle, King, and Sobek 2018) and Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 data through IPUMS-PMA (Boyle, Kristiansen, and Sobek 2018), we first consider which women are most likely to utilize private sources. We find that unmarried women are especially likely to use private rather than public sources, as are younger, more educated, and wealthier women. Women using condoms or the pill as their contraceptive method are more likely to use private sources as well. Our second consideration is whether and how the level of private contraceptive source use influences unmet need for contraception, a key individual-level demographic indicator. An analysis of IPUMS-DHS data fails to uncover any relationship between the percentage of contraceptives within a region that come from private sources and unmet need. IPUMS-PMA data, show a small positive relationship, suggesting that increasing the presence of private providers may make women more aware of the possibility of shaping family size and the spacing of siblings.

Url: https://paa.confex.com/paa/2018/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/23061

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Authors: Kristiansen, Devon; Boyle , Elizabeth, H; Griffin, Risa; Zetah, Brian

Conference Name: Population Association of America Meetings

Publisher Location: Denver, CO

Data Collections: IPUMS Global Health - DHS, IPUMS Global Health - PMA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality

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