A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS

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dc.contributor.authorStiegler, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorAppunni, Sathiya Susuman
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-25T12:33:20Z
dc.date.available2013-11-25T12:33:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationStiegler, N. & Appunni, S.S. (2016). A comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHS. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 51(4): 416-432en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/859
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909614547462
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsThis is a post-print version of the article available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909614547462
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectDemography and fertilityen_US
dc.subjectFamily planningen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economicen_US
dc.subjectRraditional useen_US
dc.titleA comparative analysis of contraceptive use in Africa: evidence from DHSen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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