CONTENTS

         Chapters
  1. Family Planning—An Asset for Women
  2. Family Planning Saves Lives
  3. Contraceptive Use Helps Women Plan
  4. How Can Family Planning Programs Benefit Women?
  5. Encouraging Men's Cooperation
  6. Employing Women in Family Planning Programs
  7. Shaping Policies to Meet Women's Needs

HIGHLIGHTS


Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA


Volume XXII, Number 1
July, 1994
 Contraception Use Helps Women Plan
Women who can decide if and when they will become pregnant are better able to plan other aspects of their lives. In the short term women who use contraception effectively may have more choice about the use of their time because they have fewer children. Women may be better able to make plans to take new educational, economic, and other opportunities (22). Also, in the long term society in general and women themselves may change their expectations of how women lead their lives. Young women probably benefit most from being able to control their own fertility.

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