title: The pattern of acceptance by Blacks of family planning facilities in relation to socio-economic status.
abstract: Two factors which are said to increase the acceptability of family planning in a developing country are, firstly, the ready availability of the facilities and, secondly, the raising of the socio-economic level of the community. This survey reports the effects on family planning of increasing socio-economic status on the one hand, and of urbanisation without an associated increase in the socio-economic level on the other. It is concluded that, although socio-economic status has some effect on family planning, it has a greater effect on the survival rate of children. Urbanisation, however, with family planning facilities more readily available, exerts a stronger influence upon the acceptance of family planning than socio-economic status.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D015030:Zimbabwe