Skip navigation
Skip navigation

Reproductive preferences and subsequent behaviour : the Sri Lankan experience

De Silva, Weraduwage Indralal

Description

On the basis of data collected in the 1982 Sri Lanka Contraceptive Prevalence Survey and a 1985 follow-up survey, the Sri Lanka Contraceptive Survey, reproductive preferences of Sri Lankan women and the reliability of their preferences in predicting fertility behaviour are examined. Wanted family size, ideal family size, desire for another child, and preferred waiting time to the next birth were used as fertility preference indicators. A preference for small families was widely evident,...[Show more]

CollectionsOpen Access Theses
Date published: 1990
Type: Thesis (PhD)
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/123503
DOI: 10.25911/5d690a6b93160

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
b17480577_De_Silva_Weraduwage_Indralal.pdf26.08 MBAdobe PDFThumbnail


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator