Abstract
A Natural Family Planning service was evaluated at the end of a 30-month developmental phase. There were 444 women taught and 322 method acceptors of which 248 intended to avoid pregnancy. NFP clients were older (mean age 26.9 vs 22.4 and 23.7 for comparison groups), had more children (1.4 vs 1.2 for the comparison group), and a larger percentage were married (83.1 per cent vs 23.0 per cent for the comparison group). After one year of use, the unplanned pregnancy rate was 14.4 per cent and the total dropout rate was 37.6 per cent by life table analysis.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1255-1258 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | American Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| State | Published - 1981 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health