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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-10-22
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| pubmed:abstractText |
A procedure for assessing birth spacing goals, an important component of fertility preferences, is proposed and applied to 1993 Costa Rican data. Based on a reverse or backward survival analysis, preferred birth intervals are estimated to range between 3.5 and 4.5 years (1.5 years for the interval union to first birth). These intervals are 2 or 3 years shorter than crude estimates from data on open or last closed intervals, which are upwardly biased by selection and left censoring effects. To achieve these spacing preferences, a cohort must spend about two-thirds of the time using contraception (one-third in the interval union to first birth). An inverse association between desired family size and desired birth interval is evident only in parity-specific analyses.
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| pubmed:keyword |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Americas,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Birth Intervals,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Birth Spacing,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Central America,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Costa Rica,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Demographic Factors,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Developing Countries,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Family Planning,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Fertility,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Fertility Measurements,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Goals,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Latin America,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/North America,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Organization And Administration,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Planning,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Population Dynamics,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/keyword/Research Report
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0021-9320
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
30
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
181-91
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:otherAbstract |
PIP: Couples may use contraception in order to stop childbearing once they have borne their desired number of children and/or to lengthen birth intervals. A procedure for assessing birth spacing goals is proposed and applied to data collected in the 1992-93 Costa Rican Reproductive Health Survey (ESR). The ESR is a nationally representative, Demographic and Health Survey-type survey of approximately 3600 women aged 15-49 years. Based upon backward survival analysis, preferred birth intervals are estimated to range between 3.5 and 4.5 years, 2-3 years shorter than crude estimates of intervals using data on open or last closed intervals, which are upwardly biased by selection and left censoring effects. To achieve these spacing preferences, couples must spend about 40% of their time using contraception. An inverse relationship was identified between desired family size and desired birth interval in only parity-specific analyses.
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Assessing and interpreting birth spacing goals in Costa Rica.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Office of Population Research, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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