Low use of contraception among poor women in Africa: an equity issue

OBJECTIVE: To examine the use of contraception in 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; to assess changes in met need for contraception associated with wealth-related inequity; and to describe the relationship between the use of long-term versus short-term contraceptive methods and a woman's fert...

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Main Authors: Andreea A Creanga, Duff Gillespie, Sabrina Karklins, Amy O Tsui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2011-04-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862011000400009&lng=en&tlng=en