title: Is development really the best contraceptive?  A 20-year trial in Comilla district, Bangladesh.
abstract: "This article examines which public programmes and which socio-economic development indicators have had an impact on contraceptive practices and fertility in a selected group of villages in Comilla district of Bangladesh.  It finds that equitable, even-handed development may be a good 'contraceptive', but is not a realistic alternative to family planning effort.... This research, undertaken in 1985, replicates a similar knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) type study undertaken in these same villages some 20 years earlier, in 1967/68....Thus, the two studies provide a unique look at demographic behavioural characteristics when these agricultural development programmes were in an early stage and then 20 years later."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001459:Bangladesh; D003267:Contraception; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006285:Health Planning; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012939:Social Planning
keywords: Asia; Bangladesh; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Demographic Effectiveness; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Development Planning; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Education--women; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Family Planning Program Evaluation; Family Planning Programs; Family Size; Family Size, Desired; Fertility--changes; Kap Surveys; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Dynamics; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Programs; Reproductive Behavior; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Southern Asia; Studies; Surveys