title: Factors influencing the acceptance of family planning by blacks in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.
abstract: One hundred Black women aged between 16 and 45 years were interviewed in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, using an interview schedule. Respondents were divided into "acceptors" of family planning (48) and "resisters" (52). Tests of significance showed that important factors in the adoption or rejection of family planning are the number of years of schooling of the woman and her husband, the wife working outside the home, the women's age when first married and the death of a child. These findings are discussed and recommendations made to improve the situation of the future.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D044383:Black People; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D012067:Religion; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014507:Urbanization; D015030:Zimbabwe