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Unwanted fertility among the poor: an inequity?

Author(s) -

Duff Gillespie

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.06.033829

Subject(s) - fertility , family planning , demography , total fertility rate , inequality , population , developing country , medicine , socioeconomics , geography , economics , economic growth , sociology , mathematics , research methodology , mathematical analysis

To determine if higher fertility and lower contraceptive use among the poorer segments of society should be considered an inequality, reflecting a higher desire for large families among the poor, or an inequity, a product of the poor being prevented from achieving their desired fertility to the same degree as wealthier segments of society.

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