title: The demand for family planning: a new approach.
abstract: A new "supply-demand" measure of family planning demand is compared with others commonly used to target prospective family planning clients. In analyses of data from six cross-sectional surveys the new measure consistently explains past contraceptive use better than the others. Time series analysis for two countries yields similar results. Family planning program officials may wish to consider exploring the use of this measure to target prospective clients.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0152.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Easterlin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wongboonsin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002676:Child, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology; D003267:Contraception / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013624:Taiwan; D013785:Thailand; D013997:Time Factors