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Universidad de Costa Rica
2008
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- The Effects of Government Policies towards Contraception Use in Women Audrey Janet Núñez Gough Salud Birth rate Government Policy Contraceptive usage Family planning programmers Education is considered an important factor in the relationship between fertility and contraception use.The objective of this paper is to analyze if fertility rates in countries are reduced due to governmentpolicies, specifically, direct support towards the use of birth control methods for women relative tocountries with indirect support. Therefore, this paper compares Honduras and Belize, who providesdirect and indirect support towards contraceptives, respectively. First, the coefficient on nationality tellsus if women in Honduras are using more birth control methods than women in Belize. Second, afterrunning a Poisson model, even though Honduras gives direct support for contraception use and Belizegives indirect support, we found there is no difference between the birth rates in Honduras relative toBelize, .188 (p< 0.1) Third, even though Honduras gives direct subsidies for contraception and Belizegives indirect subsidies, there is no difference in the frequency of contraception use between womenfrom Honduras relative to women from Belize, 0.567 (p<0.1). As the coefficient on nationality resultedstatistically insignificant in both models, we can conclude the determinant in the reduction of fertilityrates in countries is the effectiveness of their contraception programs, regardless of the type of birthcontrol support they grant women. Governments can make their programs more successful if theycomplement them with schooling. These educational programs along with effective contraceptive ones,will teach girls and women the benefits that come along with limiting their reproductive behavior. 2008 artículo científico 1659-0201 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44650205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=446 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica application/pdf Universidad de Costa Rica Población y Salud en Mesoamérica (Costa Rica) Num.2 Vol.5