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DHS Research Reports
Apr 2002
Reproductive Preferences in Developing Countries at the Turn of the CenturyThis report is a review of reproductive preferences in 56 developing countries conducted by DHS between 1990 and 2000.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Sep 2001
Unmet Need at the End of the CenturyThis report is a review of the extent of unmet need for family planning in 55 developing countries.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
Jun 2001
The Contraception-Fertility Link in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Other Developing CountriesThe focus of this analysis is to explain why the correlation between contraceptive prevalence and the fertility rate has been so much lower in sub-Saharan Africa than in other parts of the developing world.
Topics: Family Planning, Fertility and Fertility Preferences
May 2001
The Substitution of Contraception for Abortion in Kazakhstan in the 1990'sBecause of the heavy reliance on induced abortion in the former Soviet Union in the past century, there is special interest in the growing substitution of contraception for abortion in that part of the world.
Topics: Family Planning, Gender, Maternal Health
Feb 2001
Contraceptive Practice in Quirino Province, Philippines: Experiences of Side EffectsThis study examined the contraceptive practices and the experiences of women in Quirino province of the Philippines in their use of contraceptives.
Topics: Family Planning, Female Genital Cutting, Gender
Oct 1997
Determinants of Contraceptive Failure, Switching, and Discontinuation: An Analysis of DHS Contraceptive HistoriesThe purpose of this report is to examine contraceptive discontinuation in six developing countries that conducted DHS surveys between 1991 and 1995- Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Peru, and Zimbabwe.
Topics: Family Planning
Mar 1996
Contraceptive Knowledge, Use, and SourcesThe principal aim of this report is to provide an update on patterns and trends in knowledge, use and sources of contraceptive methods, through a descriptive comparative analysis of the DHS II data..
Topics: Family Planning
Jun 1995
Unmet Need: 1990-1994This study examines trends and differentials in key family planning indicators in 35 developing countries.
Topics: Family Planning
Jun 1994
Sources of Contraceptive MethodsThis report examines the sources of modern contraception using data from 25 surveys carried out during the first five-year phase of the DHS program (DHS I).
Topics: Family Planning
Jun 1993
The Availability of Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health ServicesThe DHS service availability questionnaire was designed to measure the availability of family planning and health services in developing countries.
Topics: Child Health and Development, Family Planning, Maternal Health