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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Choosing a contraceptive : method choice in Asia and the United States
/ edited by Rodolfo A. Bulatao, James A. Palmore, and Sandra E.
Ward.
p. cm.(Westview special studies in science, technology,
and society)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8133-7728-5
1. Birth controlAsia. 2. Birth controlUnited States.
3. ContraceptionAsia. 4. ContraceptionUnited States.
I. Bulatao, Rodolfo A., 1944 . II. Palmore, James A. III. Ward,
Sandra E. IV. East-West Population Institute. V. Series.
HQ766.5.ABC48 1989
363.96095dc19
895415
CIP
ISBN 13: 978-0-367-01302-8 (hbk)
Editors
Rodolfo A. BULATAO
Demographer
Population, Health, and Nutrition Division
Population and Human Resources Department
The World Bank
Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.
James A. PALMORE
Research Associate
East-West Population Institute
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, U.S.A.
and
Professor of Sociology and Director
Population Studies Program
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.
Sandra E. WARD
Senior Editor
East-West Population Institute
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, U.S.A.
Authors
John S. AKIN
Professor of Economics and Fellow
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, U.S.A.
Larry L. BUMPASS
Professor of Sociology
Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin 53706, U.S.A.
Aphichat CHAMRATRITHIRONG
Director
Institute for Population and Social Research
Mahidol University
Nakhornpathom, Thailand
Minja Kim CHOE
Research Associate
East-West Population Institute
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, U.S.A.
and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health
and Affiliate Graduate Faculty in Population Studies
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A.
Julie DAVANZO
Senior Economist
The RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, California 90406, U.S.A.
Andrew R. DAVIDSON
Associate Professor and Director
Social Science Research Unit
Center for Population and Family Health
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
Columbia University
New York, New York 10027, U.S.A.
Indra GAJANAYAKE
Co-ordinator
Demographic Training and Research Unit
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka
David K. GUILKEY
Professor of Economics and Fellow
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, U.S.A.
Mian Bazle HOSSAIN
Demographer
MCH-FP Extension Project
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Elise F. JONES
Demographer
108 Beaumont Drive
Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940, U.S.A.
P. N. KAPOOR
Joint Director
Evaluation and Intelligence Division
Department of Family Welfare
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
New Delhi 110011, India
M. E. KHAN
General Manager
Division of Social System
Operations Research Group
Baroda-390 007, India
Marjorie A. KOBLINSKY
Program Officer
Child Survival/Urban Poverty
The Ford Foundation
New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.
Warren B. MILLER
Director
Transnational Family Research Institute
Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
Ramli OTHMAN
Director
Planning and Coordination Division
National Population and Family Development Board
50712 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Vicente B. PAQUEO
Economist
Population and Human Resources Department
The World Bank
Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A.
Insook Han PARK
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Department of Political Science
Konkuk University
Seoul, Republic of Korea
David J. PASTA
President
DMA Corporation
Palo Alto, California 94302
James F. PHILLIPS
Associate
Center for Policy Studies
The Population Council
New York, New York 10017, U.S.A.
J. R. RELE
Research Fellow
East-West Population Institute
East-West Center
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848, U.S.A.
Ronald R. RINDFUSS
Professor of Sociology and Fellow
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, U.S.A.
J. Brad SCHWARTZ
Economist
Center for Population and Policy Studies
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, U.S.A.
Lawrence J. SEVERY
Professor of Psychology
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611, U.S.A.
Rochelle N. SHAIN
Professor of Obstetrics-Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas 78284, U.S.A.
Elizabeth Hervey STEPHEN