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Family Planning

An individual's or couple's decisions on when to have children or start a family may also have social and economic consequences on the community at large. RAND's family planning research spans various populations and socioeconomic backgrounds in Western as well as developing countries and addresses such topics as fertility and infertility, birth control, abortion, reproductive technologies, child welfare, household economic security, and community impact.

Journal Article

Journal Article

Health Consequences of Contraceptive Use and Reproductive Patterns: Summary of a Report from the US National Research Council

Reproductive patterns along with the risks and benefits of respective contraceptive methods are explored.

Dec 31, 1990
Journal Article

Journal Article

Evaluating the Impact of a Theory-Based Sexuality and Contraceptive Education Program

A controlled field study was performed to compare a sexuality education program with publicly funded community-based and school-based interventions.

Dec 31, 1989
Report

Report

The Contraceptive Role of Breastfeeding

This Note reviews neurohormonal mechanisms by which breastfeeding postpones the return of ovulation and menstruation after birth, and various statistical procedures used to analyze this effect in human populations.

Dec 31, 1984
Report

Report

The Current State of Family Planning Program Evaluation

Reviews the major methods of evaluating the impact of family planning programs in developing countries.

Dec 31, 1984
Report

Report

Birthspacing, Fertility, and Family Planning: Policy and Program Implications from the Malaysian Family Life Survey

Since the 1950s, fertility has fallen in each of Malaysia's three main ethnic groups — Malays, Chinese, and Indians. This report discusses some of the factors that contributed to these fertility trends and differentials.

Dec 31, 1980
Report

Report

Influences on Fertility and Infant Mortality in Developing Countries: The Case of Malaysia

Sketches an alternative model which has been used to analyze breastfeeding, contraceptive use, birthspacing, and infant mortality using data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey.

Dec 31, 1977
Report

Report

The Malaysian Family Life Survey: Summary Report

Part of a series describing a sample survey and subsequent research on how economic and institutional factors influence birthspacing, family size, and breastfeeding in Malaysia.

Dec 31, 1977
Report

Report

Effectiveness Evaluation of Family Planning: Case Study Taiwan.

This paper reviews several methods of evaluating family planning programs and comments on the strengths and shortcomings of each. Evidence from Taiwan is summarized that indicates how different methods of evaluation can yield different implications ...

Dec 31, 1971
Report

Report

The Effectiveness of Population Policies: Alternative Methods of Statistical Inference.

An evaluation of methods used to infer how activities of a family-planning program influence birth rates. Using data from Taiwan, two models, a simultaneous-equations model and an age-aggregated linear-recursive model, are estimated by means of vari...

Dec 31, 1970
Report

Report

A Framework for Analysis and Its Application to Taiwan's Family Planning Program.

Based on multiple regression models of reproductive behavior, direct assessment of the impact of the Taiwan family planning program on birth rates is shown to imply different conclusions for policy than those implied by earlier studies focusing on th...

Dec 31, 1970
Report

Report

Effectiveness of Family Planning in Taiwan : A Methodology for Program Evaluation.

This paper proposes a method for answering the question: For a given level of effort, which of the many alternative family planning programs appears preferable? The approach here is to develop a predictive model of human fertility, from which one m...

Dec 31, 1968
Report

Report

The Effectiveness of Family Planning in Taiwan : A Proposal for a New Evaluation Methodology.

A new approach to evaluating the effectiveness of family planning programs in reducing birth rates. A predictive model incorporates demographic and economic statistics to analyze the relationships between birth rate and various environmental determi...

Dec 31, 1968
Report

Report

Population Growth : Investigation of a Hypothesis.

An empirical examination of a family planning model built around three factors that are assumed to exert a systematic effect on birth rate: (1) a family-size goal or the number of surviving children that parents want; (2) the death rate, mainly amon...

Dec 31, 1968
Report

Report

An Economic Model of Family Planning and Fertility.

A description of an economic model of family planning and its application to explain differences among municipalities and over time in birth rates in Puerto Rico. Beginning with the preferences of parents for children, the model seeks the determinan...

Dec 31, 1967
Report

Report

A Family Planning Hypothesis: Some Empirical Evidence from Puerto Rico

An analysis of the hypothesis that the frequency of births in a population can be understood in terms of three factors that influence the desire for births: (1) a family size goal that is determined by characteristics of the environment; ...

Dec 31, 1966
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Francesca Pillemer

Senior Policy Analyst
Education Ph.D. in health policy, Harvard University; M.P.P. in public policy and management, Carnegie Mellon University
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Julia Rollison

Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in research, measurement and evaluation, Boston College; M.P.H. in global health, The George Washington University; B.S. in applied psychology, Ithaca College

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