TY - RPRT AU - Khan, Shane AU - Mishra, Vinod AU - Arnold, Fred AU - Abderrahim, Noureddine CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Contraceptive trends in developing countries T2 - DHS Comparative Reports No. 16 PB - Macro International PY - 2007 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CR16/CR16.pdf AB - This study examines trends and differentials in key family planning indicators in 35 developing countries. The data are for countries with a Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted between 2000 and 2005. Trends are provided for countries with at least one previous DHS survey. The study investigates how knowledge of contraception and use of contraception have changed; whether public-private, urban-rural, and other differentials in contraceptive use have narrowed, and whether women are making informed decisions about the use of contraception. It also examines discontinuation and switching rates, and desisionmaking about family planning. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The MEASURE DHS project assists countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS programs. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Contract No. GPO-C- 00-03-00002-00, MEASURE DHS is implemented by Macro International Inc. in Calverton, Maryland. ER -