1st Edition

Choosing A Contraceptive Method Choice In Asia And The United States

Edited By Rodolfo A. Bulatao Copyright 1989
    374 Pages
    by Routledge

    374 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book presents evidence from investigations of contraceptive method choice in a variety of countries, focusing on Asia and the United States. Included are discussions of psychosocial and economic approaches to understanding method choice and descriptive and statistical analyses of choices.

    Foreword -- Introduction -- The Contraceptive Method Mix: An Overview -- Perspectives on Method Choice -- Psychosocial Aspects of Contraceptive Method Choice -- Physicians’ Perceptions of Contraceptive Methods: Cultural Comparisons -- Accessibility as a Determinant of Contraceptive Method Choice -- The Effect of Contraceptive Prices on Method Choice in the Philippines, Jamaica, and Thailand -- Method Choice in Asia -- Patterns and Covariates of Contraceptive Method Choice in the Republic of Korea -- Determinants of Contraceptive Method Choice in Peninsular Malaysia, 1961–75 -- Determinants of Contraceptive Method Choice in Thailand -- Traditional Contraception in Sri Lanka -- Determinants and Consequences of Contraceptive Method Choice in India -- Improving the Climate of Choice: The Effect of Organizational Change on Contraceptive Behavior in Rural Bangladesh -- Method Choice in the United States -- Contraceptive Choice in the United States: Process, Determinants, and Change -- The Sterilization Decision in a U.S. Sample -- Conclusion -- Toward a Framework for Understanding Contraceptive Method Choice -- Appendix -- Multinomial Logit Analysis of Contraceptive Method Choice