title: A multilevel model of family planning availability and contraceptive use in rural Thailand.
abstract: This paper assesses the ways in which the availability of family planning program outlets influences the likelihood of contraceptive use in rural Thailand. It focuses on a village-level measure of actual availability of sources rather than respondent perceptions of availability. Individual-level and village-level data collected as part of the second Thailand Contraceptive Prevalence Survey are used to test three hypotheses about the effects of actual availability: that (a) availability of family planning outlets increases the likelihood of contraceptive use; (b) it enhances the effect of a desire for no more children on the likelihood of use; and (c) it weakens the positive relationship between education and the likelihood of use.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003267:Contraception; D004522:Educational Status; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D009042:Motivation; D011336:Probability; D012424:Rural Population; D013785:Thailand