0 the use of contraception (= methods of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant) to control how many children you have and when you have them:
a family-planning clinic
1 the process of controlling how many children you have and when you have them
However, less than 5 % of the population surveyed admitted to practising family planning.
In addition, ethnicity, residence, husband living away from home and discussion of family planning with spouse were also strong predictors of knowledge and favourable attitudes.
The aim is to increase the demand for family planning and to expand services available in the health units.
Every baby has a father, and today it usually seems that the father has received precious little education in family planning.
Women who work in the non-traditional sector are expected to be more exposed to modernizing influences, including the family planning programme.
This is perhaps a reflection of the resistance of older and more traditional woman to an innovation such as family planning.
No consistent pattern was detected between the stated reason for interest in family planning and the method selected.
Successful family planning is defined by the participant in terms of her own goals and objectives.
