Addressing Unmet Need: Potential for Increasing Contraceptive Prevalence in the Philippines

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Claro, Paulyn Jean A, Borja, Maridel P
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• الموضوعات: Epidemiology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/gsb-pubs/21; https://www.un-ilibrary.org/population-and-demography/addressing-unmet-need-potential-for-increasing-contraceptive-prevalence-in-the-philippines_2c5be18b-en
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

Sample surveys carried out during the last four decades have proven the existence of “unmet need”, a term coined to describe a significant gap between a woman’s sexual and contraceptive behaviour and her stated fertility preference. According to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) definition, a...