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Men and family planning in Zambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Vijayan K. Pillai
Vijayan K. Pillai
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Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of North Texas, Denton, USA
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This paper examines the sociodemographic factors which influence familiarity with methods of family planning among 85 males holding low paying jobs in the University of Zambia, Lusaka. The results showed that wife's education had a significant and positive effect on husband's familiarity with family planning methods. In the longer term, female education is likely to emerge as an important factor in the onset of fertility decline in Zambia.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 17 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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