A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS
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Date
2016
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SAGE Publications
Abstract
The aim of this article is to show a comparative analysis of contraceptive use in areas of traditionally high
fertility that have gone through profound changes. Data have been taken from the latest Demographic and
Health Surveys (DHS). Logistic regression models were adopted for four selected representative countries,
namely Egypt, Mali, Namibia and Niger. There were two selection criteria: data should be recent, and selected
countries should have high (Egypt 57.4%; Namibia 46.4%) or low (Mali 7.5%; Niger 10.0%) contraceptive use.
The probability of using contraception when a woman has had one to four children is 2.4 times higher than
when they have had no children. Contraception data are always gathered at a point of time, but crosssectional
data are not sufficient to understand all the mechanisms hidden behind contraceptive use. Different
contraceptive behaviours need good estimation tools to develop specific family planning programmes.
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Demography and fertility, Family planning, Socio-economic, Rraditional use
Citation
Stiegler, N. & Appunni, S.S. (2016). A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 51(4): 416-432