Publication: A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand
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1984-11-01
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15337790
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00703370
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2-s2.0-0021528530
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Mahidol University
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Demography. Vol.21, No.4 (1984), 559-574
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Barbara Entwisle, Albert I. Hermalin, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Apichat Chamratrithirong A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand. Demography. Vol.21, No.4 (1984), 559-574. doi:10.2307/2060915 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30719
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A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand
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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. © 1984 Population Association of America.