Family Planning in Taiwan : An Experiment in Social Change /

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The experimental family planning program begun in 1963 in Taichung, the provincial capital of Taiwan, was the largest intensive program of its kind ever to be carried out for a sizable concentrated population. Its use of systematic observation and measurements was also unique. In evaluating the prog...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Freedman, Ralph (Autor), Takeshita, John Y. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Freedman, R. (Contribuidor), Potter, R.G (Contribuidor), Sun, T. H. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2186
Temas:
Birth control > Taiwan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • PART I . INTRODUCTION
  • I. The Problem
  • PART 2. FERTILITY AND BIRTH CONTROL BEFORE THE ORGANIZED PROGRAM
  • II. The Number of Children Wanted and the Number Born: Ideal and Reality
  • III. Family Limitation Before the Program: Reconciling the Ideal and the Actual
  • IV. Modernization, Fertility, and the Timing of Childbearing
  • V. Modernization and Birth Control Before the Organized Program
  • PART 3. THE PROGRAM: AN EXPERIMENT TO INCREASE THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY PLANNING
  • VI. The Taichung Experiment: Design and Major Results
  • VII. Who Accepts Family Planning Services: Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Acceptors
  • VIII. Intentions to Accept Family Planning: Correlates and Consequences
  • IX. Perceptions of Contraceptive Practice by Others: Effects on Acceptance
  • X. Effectiveness of Intrauterine Contraception: Termination Levels and Correlates
  • XI. The Pre-Program Fertility of Acceptors
  • XII. How the Program Affected Fertility and the Practice of Birth Control
  • XIII. The Family Planning Program for All of Taiwan
  • XIV. The Program Setting, Results, and Implications: A Summary View
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix I-i. Sources of Data for Economic Indicators of Economic and Social Developments for Taiwan, 1952-64 (Table I-1)
  • Appendix 1-2. Sources of Data for Indicators of Social and Economic Development (Table I-2)
  • Appendix I-3. Methodology: Sources of Data, Sampling Design, and Other Methodological Problems
  • Appendix II-1. Differences Between Mainlanders and Native Taiwanese
  • Appendix IV-1. Fecundability Differences
  • Appendix VIII-1. Technical Notes for Chapter VIII
  • Appendix X-1. Sample Comparisons As a Check on Selection
  • Appendix X-2: Use-Effectiveness of Intrauterine Contraception As a Problem in Competing Risks
  • Appendix X-3. Who Has the IUD Reinserted After a First Termination?
  • Index

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