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PIP: Developments in family planning in Taiwan during 1973 are described. According to a 1973 KAP survey, 57% of wives aged 22-30 were currently practicing contraception, and the stated ideal number of children was 3.3. The 10-year target of less than 2% natural increase has been reached. Age at marriage continued to rise. The open interval between births among younger women, particularly with program methods, seems to indicate that the campaign to reach younger women is having some success. Major donors were the Population Council and the Pathfinder Fund. The Asia Foundation was a new donor in 1973. The educational efforts focused on house-to-house visiting by family planning field workers, approaches to organized community groups, and the use of mass media. In-school education efforts continued to progress but, as in 1972, slowly. The educational savings plan continues to operate under closely evaluated conditions. The second in the series of fertility-decline-oriented incentive plans has been funded. This plan encourages the spacing of children. There is a wide variety of intensive evaluation and demonstration studies being carried out. The major problem facing the Taiwan program is how to increase contraceptive practice among those under age 30 and how to educate them about the values of having fewer children than surveys indicate they desire. 5 workshops were carried out for the training of international visitors. 3 were on information, education, and communications, and 2 to help teachers of home economics incorporate family planning into their curricula. The East-West Communication Institute, the American Home Economics Association, and the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning helped in preparing the workshops.
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