Household Distribution of Contraceptives in Rural Egypt
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Studies in Family Planning
- Vol. 11 (3) , 105-13
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1966006
Abstract
Oral contraceptives were offered to all married, fecund women 15-44 years of age living in 38 Egyptian villages with a population of 200,000. Before the household distribution, contraceptive prevalence was 19.1 percent. Nine months after the distribution, the contraceptive prevalence increased to 27.7 percent, a relative increase of 45 percent. Based on this study, a modified delivery system is currently being tested on a governoratewide basis. The modified system will include a wider range of fertility regulation methods and will also have health and community development components.Keywords
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