A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand | Zendy

Barbara Entwisle | Zendy; Albert I. Hermalin | Zendy; Peerasit Kamnuansilpa | Zendy; Apichat Chamratrithirong | Zendy

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A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand

Author(s) -

Barbara Entwisle,

Albert I. Hermalin,

Peerasit Kamnuansilpa,

Apichat Chamratrithirong

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060915

Subject(s) - respondent , family planning , developing country , demography , rural area , population , geography , socioeconomics , research methodology , psychology , medicine , economic growth , sociology , political science , economics , law , pathology

This paper assesses the ways in which the availability of family planning program outlets influences the likelihood of contraceptive use in rural Thailand. It focuses on a village-level measure of actual availability of sources rather than respondent perceptions of availability. Individuallevel and village-level data collected as part of the second Thailand Contraceptive Prevalence Survey are used to test three hypotheses about the effects of actual availability: that (a) availability of family planning outlets increases the likelihood of contraceptive use; (b) it enhances the effect of a desire for no more children on the likelihood of use; and (c) it weakens the positive relationship between education and the likelihood of use.

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