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.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Small Research Grants (R03)
Project #
5R03HD034889-02
Application #
2403635
Study Section
Population Research Committee (HDPR)
Project Start
1996-09-30
Project End
1999-08-31
Budget Start
1997-09-01
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Miscellaneous
Type
Schools of Public Health
DUNS #
045911138
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218
Becker, Stan; Hossain, Mian B; Thomson, Elizabeth (2006) Disagreement in spousal reports of current contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa. J Biosoc Sci 38:779-96