Determinants of fertility and the unmet need for family planning in Indonesia


 

Publication Date: January 1993

Publisher: East-West Center

Author(s): Allison Greenspan

Research Area: Population and demographics

Type: Brief

Coverage: Indonesia

Abstract:

As in much of the developing world, birth rates in Indonesia have been falling dramatically since the early 1970s. The fertility reductions are attributed mainly to increased contraceptive use, encouraged by Indonesia's innovative and vigorous national family planning program. The results of a new study can be used to guide program planning and ensure that populations with the greatest unmet need are supplied with appropriate types and levels of family planning services.