FERTILITY TRANSITION IN ZIMBABWE - DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND METHOD CHOICE

Authors
GUILKEY DK JAYNE S
Citation
Dk. Guilkey et S. Jayne, FERTILITY TRANSITION IN ZIMBABWE - DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE AND METHOD CHOICE, Population Studies, 51(2), 1997, pp. 173
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Demografy
Journal title
Population Studies → ACNP
ISSN journal
00324728
Volume
51
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-4728(1997)51:2<173:FTIZ-D>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The determinants of contraceptive method choice in Zimbabwe are examin ed within the context of a structural equations model that controls fo r both supply and demand factors that can influence the choice. The da ta set used in the empirical work is the 1989 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey. Among the policy related variables that have contribut ed to Zimbabwe's highly successful programme, the multivariate results reveal the importance of wife's education, husband's education, famil y planning messages, and the presence of a community based distributor of contraceptives.