The effects of setting up a National Family Planning Program in local communities on women's contraceptive experiences and fertility in rural Thailand

Kalwij, Adriaan

doi:10.1080/17441730.2016.1142796

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“…000 (50 .00 US $) for anyone who had vasectomy. The results of the study in Thailand was corroborated by Kalwij (2016) arguing that the institutional approach to empower local communities becomes the main factor.…”

Section: Case Studies In Pekalonganmentioning

confidence: 75%

Anomalies in Family Planning in Central Java, Indonesia

Wilonoyudho¹,

Prajanti

2018

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This study was aimed at uncovering the anomalies in the implementation of the Population, Family Planning and Family Development Program in Central Java province. Qualitative-naturalistic approach was employed. The results of the study about the population and family planning in Central Java Province is showed an alarming rate of TFR (Total Fertility Rate) indicator of 2.3 to 2.5. In addition, the public mind set about the ideal number of children in a family also increased from the TFR indicator of 2.6 to 2.8. This mindset would hinder family planning program. To overcome the anomalies, BKKBN Central Java Province made various strategic efforts. The high rate of CPR (Contraseptive Prevalence Rate) which was not followed by the low rate of TFR was assumed to be related to the active family planning participants were not using long term contraception method, leaving them vulnerable to drop out. Therefore, an increase in long term contraception method, would be a top priority in the population and family planning program in Central Java. In the "anomaly" of having high CPR numbers but low TFR, operational strategy required to be conducted was to increase the Educational, Information, Communication (EIC) Program, especially for the younger generation, because young age marriage was prevalent in those areas.

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Section: Case Studies In Pekalonganmentioning

confidence: 75%

Anomalies in Family Planning in Central Java, Indonesia

Wilonoyudho¹,

Prajanti

2018

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“…It could also be that consumers of West German TV are just better informed about family planning. In similar vein, Kalwij (2016) suggests that the availability of television and radio might had played an important role for passing family planning services in Thailand.…”

Section: Discussion On Mechanismmentioning

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Television and fertility: evidence from a natural experiment

Bönisch¹,

Hyll

2022

Empir Econ

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In this paper, we study the effect of television exposure on fertility. We exploit a natural experiment that took place in Germany after WWII. For topographical reasons, Western TV programs, which promoted one/no child families, could not be received in certain parts of East Germany. We find robust evidence that access to West German TV results in lower fertility. This conclusion is robust to alternative model specifications and different data sets. Using individual level information on TV consumption, we employ IV techniques to estimate the direct effect of Western TV consumption on fertility. By using aggregate level fertility data, we furthermore show the robustness of our analysis in a difference-in-difference setting. Our results suggest that individual fertility decisions are affected by role models or information about other ways of life promoted by media.

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“…Thailand also conducted a series of national family planning programs, like the distribution of nonmedical contraceptives, training midwives to prescribe the birth control pill as an effort to broaden its availability, etc. Unlike the Chinese compulsory population control policy, Thailand's family planning program was to a greater degree voluntary and persuasive, which also improved the economic well-being of both the women and their family members (Kalwij 2016). (Yip and Lee 2002).…”

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Is China’s Low Fertility Rate Caused by the Population Control Policy?

2020

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Whether China's low fertility rate is the consequence of the country's strict population control policy is a puzzling question. This paper attempts to disentangle the Chinese population control policy's impacts on the fertility rate from socioeconomic factors using the synthetic control method proposed by Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003). The results indicate that the population control policy significantly decreased China's birth rate after the "Later, Longer, and Fewer" policy came into force, but had little effect on the birth rate in the long run. We estimate that between 164.2 million and 268.3 million prevented births from 1971 to 2016 can be attributed to the Chinese population control policy. In addition, we implement a placebo study to check the validity of the method and confirm the robustness of the paper's conclusions. JEL CLASSIFICATIONS: C21; J13; Q566 The remainder of the paper is arranged as follows. In section 2, we introduce background information on the Chinese population control policy and its potential influences. In section 3, we describe the data used in this paper. In section 4, we present the econometric methods that are applied in this paper, namely the SCM and the placebo study. In section 5, we present the main empirical results. The last section presents the concluding remarks and related discussions.

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The effects of setting up a National Family Planning Program in local communities on women's contraceptive experiences and fertility in rural Thailand

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

Anomalies in Family Planning in Central Java, Indonesia

Anomalies in Family Planning in Central Java, Indonesia

Television and fertility: evidence from a natural experiment

Is China’s Low Fertility Rate Caused by the Population Control Policy?

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