DO MALE REPRODUCTIVE PREFERENCES REALLY POINT TO A NEED TO REFOCUS FERTILITY POLICY

Independently collected data from a 1994 survey in Accra, Ghana, are u sed here to verify earlier findings from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data which indicate the existence of a closer tie between men's reproductive preferences and contraceptive use, than between the latt er and women's preferences. Indeed, the findings corroborate the earli er studies and suggest that fertility transition in Africa may be acce lerated if the family planning establishment would recognize the contr ibution of the 'male role', and bring men into the mainstream of their agenda.