Open AccessContraceptive Use Among the Poor in Indonesia
Author(s) -
J Schoemaker
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international family planning perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-4154
pISSN - 0190-3187
DOI - 10.1363/3110605
Subject(s) - family planning , odds , medicine , demography , fertility , odds ratio , population , national survey of family growth , developing country , public health , logistic regression , environmental health , economic growth , research methodology , sociology , nursing , pathology , economics
Indonesia has experienced a dramatic increase in contraceptive use and an equally dramatic fertility decline over the last 30 years. Yet recent reductions in family planning funding, program decentralization and the diminishing role of the public sector as a service provider may lead to lower use among poor women.