| Literature DB >> 715832 |
S Shevasunt, D P Hogan, K Thaithong.
Abstract
From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, when fertility was declining in Thailand as a whole, especially rapid declines occurred in Northern Thailand, but they did not occur uniformly in all the region's provinces. The Northern Thailand Fertility Study, initiated in 1975 to study the reported fertility changes, gathered data in two provinces: Chiang Mai, where fertility decline has been quite rapid, and Chiang Rai, which experienced relatively little decline until 1974. This preliminary report discusses fertility levels and trends in the two provinces, fertility experience and expectations of respondents, attitudes toward and knowledge of family planning, and contraceptive practice. The results suggest that most of the difference in fertility decline is related to the different level of family planning program activity in the two provinces.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion Rate; Acceptors, New; Age Specific Fertility Rate; Asia; Attitude; Behavior; Birth Rate; Births Averted; Child Mortality; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Planning Program Evaluation; Family Planning Programs; Family Size; Family Size, Ideal; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate--changes; Fertility Surveys; Geographic Factors; Goals; Infant Mortality; Knowledge; Maternal Health Services; Motivation; Parity; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Research Report; Retrospective Studies; Rural Population; Sampling Studies; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Studies; Survey Methodology; Surveys; Thailand
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Year: 1978 PMID： 715832
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stud Fam Plann ISSN： 0039-3665