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Contraception after Childbirth in Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John Kodel  and
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
John Kodel
Affiliation:
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
Affiliation:
Research Centre, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand
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Summary

Results from a 1984 national survey indicate that the large majority of Thai women initiate contraception soon after giving birth. Among sterilized women, the vast majority undergo the operation during the immediate post-partum period and thus avoid the risks of subsequent unwanted pregnancy. Rates of initiation of other methods are unusually high at and immediately following the time at which menses return, and hence only modest proportions of Thai women remain at risk of unwanted pregnancy for very long after the birth of a child.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 321 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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