Family Planning in Taiwan : : An Experiment in Social Change /

Family Planning in Taiwan : : An Experiment in Social Change / / John Y. Takeshita, Ralph Freedman.

The experimental family planning program begun in 1963 in Taichung, the provincial capital of Taiwan, was the largest intensive program of its kind ever to be carried out for a sizable concentrated population. Its use of systematic observation and measurements was also unique. In evaluating the prog...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Freedman, Ralph,
Takeshita, John Y.,
MitwirkendeR:
Freedman, R.,
Potter, R.G.,
Sun, T. H.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1969
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2186
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Physical Description:1 online resource (530 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • PART I . INTRODUCTION
  • I. The Problem
  • PART 2. FERTILITY AND BIRTH CONTROL BEFORE THE ORGANIZED PROGRAM
  • II. The Number of Children Wanted and the Number Born: Ideal and Reality
  • III. Family Limitation Before the Program: Reconciling the Ideal and the Actual
  • IV. Modernization, Fertility, and the Timing of Childbearing
  • V. Modernization and Birth Control Before the Organized Program
  • PART 3. THE PROGRAM: AN EXPERIMENT TO INCREASE THE PRACTICE OF FAMILY PLANNING
  • VI. The Taichung Experiment: Design and Major Results
  • VII. Who Accepts Family Planning Services: Demographic and Social Characteristics of the Acceptors
  • VIII. Intentions to Accept Family Planning: Correlates and Consequences
  • IX. Perceptions of Contraceptive Practice by Others: Effects on Acceptance
  • X. Effectiveness of Intrauterine Contraception: Termination Levels and Correlates
  • XI. The Pre-Program Fertility of Acceptors
  • XII. How the Program Affected Fertility and the Practice of Birth Control
  • XIII. The Family Planning Program for All of Taiwan
  • XIV. The Program Setting, Results, and Implications: A Summary View
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix I-i. Sources of Data for Economic Indicators of Economic and Social Developments for Taiwan, 1952-64 (Table I-1)
  • Appendix 1-2. Sources of Data for Indicators of Social and Economic Development (Table I-2)
  • Appendix I-3. Methodology: Sources of Data, Sampling Design, and Other Methodological Problems
  • Appendix II-1. Differences Between Mainlanders and Native Taiwanese
  • Appendix IV-1. Fecundability Differences
  • Appendix VIII-1. Technical Notes for Chapter VIII
  • Appendix X-1. Sample Comparisons As a Check on Selection
  • Appendix X-2: Use-Effectiveness of Intrauterine Contraception As a Problem in Competing Risks
  • Appendix X-3. Who Has the IUD Reinserted After a First Termination?
  • Index

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