Contraceptive use and lengthening birth intervals in rural and urban Eastern Africa

Towriss, CA (2014) Birth Intervals and Reproductive Intentions in Eastern Africa: Insights from Urban Fertility

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Birth intervals and fertility decline in Africa “Birth intervals and fertility in Africa”

Urban-Rural Inequality in Africa

Birth intervals and injectable contraception in sub-Saharan Africa.

OBJECTIVE The interval between births is associated with child survival in the developing world. We aimed to investigate associations between use of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate and other reversible contraception and short birth intervals in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS Data from successive Demographic and Health Surveys undertaken in nine African countries were analyzed. Logistic regress...

Contraceptive use, birth spacing, and autonomy: an analysis of the Oportunidades program in rural Mexico.

Oportunidades, a conditional cash-transfer program instituted in Mexico in 1997, provides cash incentives to mothers to invest in the health and education of family members. Drawing from data gathered by Mexico's National Institute of Public Health, this study assesses the effect of the program on contraceptive use and birth spacing among titulares (female household heads) living in rural areas...