title: Alternate scenarios for population control in Pakistan: the issue of contraceptive method mix.
abstract: The authors review Pakistan's population program, with a focus on the ideal mix of contraceptive methods needed to slow population growth. "Our objective in this exercise is to estimate the extent of services required to achieve a certain level of the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) necessary to bring fertility down to a level desired by women."  Comparison is made between single- and multiple-method approaches.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001723:Birth Rate; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D006285:Health Planning; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010154:Pakistan; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies
keywords: Asia; Contraception; Contraceptive Availability; Contraceptive Methods; Contraceptive Prevalence; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Planning Programs; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility; Fertility Decline; Fertility Decline--determinants; Information; Information Processing; Marriage; Marriage Age; Marriage Patterns; Models, Theoretical; Nuptiality; Pakistan; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Social Policy; Southern Asia; Studies; Surveys