caa a22 4500 386396337 CHVBK 20180307112139.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1989 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021932000025402 doi S0021932000025402 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021932000025402 Sociodemographic determinants of contraceptive method choice in Sri Lanka: 1975-82 [Elektronische Daten] The determinants of contraceptive method choice in Sri Lanka are examined during a period in which contraceptive prevalence increased by over 60% and involved substantial use of sterilization and traditional methods. Data are from the 1975 World Fertility and 1982 Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys. Polytomous logistic regression is used to model four current contraceptive choices: non-use, use of a traditional method, use of a modern temporary method and use of sterilization. The analysis shows, in 1975 and 1982, strong socioeconomic as well as demographic effects on whether any method is used. However, in both years the type of method chosen is primarily a function of demographic considerations related to the couple's family-building stage rather than social status, implying that in Sri Lanka there are few socioeconomic barriers limiting access to different contraceptive methods. The family planning programme, however, has emphasized sterilization rather than birth spacing methods. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Kahn Joan R. Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Thapa Shyam Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA Gaminiratne K. H. W. Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/S11(1989), 41-60 0021-9320 21:S11<41 1989 21 JBS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000025402 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000025402 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kahn Joan R. Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thapa Shyam Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaminiratne K. H. W. Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/S11(1989), 41-60 0021-9320 21:S11<41 1989 21 JBS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge