COUPLE-BASED DETERMINANTS OF CONTRACEPTIVE USE

描述：（根据申请人的描述改编）一个广泛的项目 目的是增进对家庭中夫妇信息的了解 计划生育和生殖健康的数据， 在撒哈拉以南非洲四个国家进行的调查， 生育 主要的结果是：a） 已婚夫妇，妻子未怀孕、未患乳腺炎，以及B）打算 在接下来的12个月里，在患有闭经或怀孕的夫妇中使用。 的 假设从丈夫那里收集的信息有助于 对预测妻子变量后的避孕药具使用有显着意义， 她的代理人报告中包含了他的模型。 结果将提供 对计划生育项目和研究有用的信息， 个人或夫妇的计划生育数据。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from applicant's description) A broad project objective is to advance understanding of couple-based information in family planning and reproductive health with data from nationally representative surveys in four countries of Sub-Saharan Africa with recent declines in fertility. The major outcomes of interest are: a) contraceptive use among married couples with nonpregnant, nonamenorrheic wives and b) intention to use in the next 12 months among amenorrheic or pregnant couples. The hypothesis is that information collected from the husband contributes significantly to prediction of contraceptive use after wife's variables and her proxy reports about him are included in models. Results will provide useful information for family planning programs and to research involving individual or couple-based family planning data.