caa a22 4500 386396698 CHVBK 20180307112140.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0021932000018150 doi S0021932000018150 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0021932000018150 Fertility change in Costa Rica 1960-84: analysis of retrospective lifetime reproductive histories [Elektronische Daten] Lifetime reproductive histories of a 1984-85 nationally representative sample of 870 women aged 25-59 years provided data to describe the evolution of fertility, contraception, breast-feeding, and natural fecundability in Costa Rica between 1960 and 1984. The contraceptive prevalence rate increased from 23% in 1965 to 58% in 1975 and 66% in 1984. Duration of breast-feeding was stable during the 1960s, decreased in the early 1970s, and increased after about 1976. Fecundability among women who did not practise contraception was lower than expected and declined between 1960 and 1975, probably because of selection effects. Despite a high consistency between estimations from the reproductive histories and other sources of data, some suggestion of omissions of short periods of contraceptive use in the distant past was detected. The survey may have reduced recall errors by using a calendar that summarizes major life events together. The analysis demonstrated the feasibility and usefulness of asking for lifetime reproductive histories in fertility surveys in developing countries. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Rosero-Bixby Luis Institute for Health Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica Oberle Mark W. Division of Reproductive Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/4(1989-10), 419-432 0021-9320 21:4<419 1989 21 JBS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000018150 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932000018150 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosero-Bixby Luis Institute for Health Research, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oberle Mark W. Division of Reproductive Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press 21/4(1989-10), 419-432 0021-9320 21:4<419 1989 21 JBS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge