Impact of the national family planning program on fertility in rural Korea: a multivariate areal analysis.
The impact of the previous three years' input of the national family planning program on 1975 fertility levels in rural Korea was assessed using multivariate areal analysis techniques. Program input had a measurable negative effect on fertility, but the magnitude of the effect was lower than that of nonprogram factors. Holding availability of nonprogram methods of fertility limitation constant strengthened the impact of program input. It was suggested that the effect of the national program was statistically obscured by the selective concentration of program input in high-fertility, physician-poor areas.
D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003267:Contraception; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006296:Health Services; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007723:Korea; D008393:Marriage; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors