Barbara EntwisleAlbert I. HermalinPeerasit KamnuansilpaApichat ChamratrithirongDartmouth CollegeUniversity of Michigan, Ann ArborNational Institute for Development AdministrationMahidol University2018-10-122018-10-121984-11-01Demography. Vol.21, No.4 (1984), 559-57415337790007033702-s2.0-0021528530https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30719This 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.Mahidol UniversitySocial SciencesArticleSCOPUS10.2307/2060915