The effectiveness of family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs.
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 87 (4) , 666-669
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.87.4.666
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This paper describes the magnitude of effects for family planning programs evaluated with true experimental designs. METHODS: Studies that used true experimental designs to evaluate family planning programs were identified and their results subjected to meta-analysis. RESULTS: For the 14 studies with the information needed to calculate effect size, the Pearson r between program and effect variables ranged from -.08 to .09 and averaged .08. CONCLUSIONS: The programs evaluated in the studies considered have had, on average, smaller effects than many would assume and desire.Keywords
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