title: The family center--a new form of organization for rural family planning.
abstract: The history and functions of rural family planning centers in China are reviewed, with a focus on a center in Liaoning Province.  "To date, more than 8,500 such centers have been established in 92.2 percent of the rural resident's groups.  What the centers do is to give rural residents education and services in family planning, and help them educate themselves.... According to statistics, 99.3 per cent of the babies born in Liaoning Province in 1986 were planned.  More than half of the counties and districts and over 90 per cent of the villages reported no unplanned births.  The Province now leads the nation in fulfillment of family-planning goals."
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004493:Education; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005298:Fertility; D006285:Health Planning; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012424:Rural Population; D012725:Sexual Behavior
keywords: Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Education; Family Planning; Family Planning Program Evaluation; Family Planning Programs; Fertility; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy, Planned; Reproductive Behavior; Rural Population