Family planning and fertility decline in rural Iran: The impact of rural health clinics
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Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad; Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad; Hosseini-Chavoshi, Meimanat
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During the first few years of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and aided by pro-natal government policies, Iranian fertility was on the rise. In a reversal of its population policy, in 1989, the government launched an ambitious and innovative family planning program aimed at rural families. By 2005, the program had covered more than 90% of the rural population and the average number of births per rural woman had declined to replacement level from about 8 births in the mid 1980s. In this paper,...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad | |
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dc.contributor.author | Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad | |
dc.contributor.author | Hosseini-Chavoshi, Meimanat | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:50:36Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1057-9230 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/58692 | |
dc.description.abstract | During the first few years of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and aided by pro-natal government policies, Iranian fertility was on the rise. In a reversal of its population policy, in 1989, the government launched an ambitious and innovative family planning program aimed at rural families. By 2005, the program had covered more than 90% of the rural population and the average number of births per rural woman had declined to replacement level from about 8 births in the mid 1980s. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of a particular feature of the program-health houses-on rural fertility, taking advantage of the variation in the timing of their construction across the country. We use three different methods to obtain a range of estimates for the impact of health houses on village-level fertility: difference-in-differences (DID), matching DID, and length of exposure. We find estimates of impact ranging from 4 to 20% of the decline in fertility during 1986 1996. | |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc | |
dc.source | Health Economics | |
dc.subject | Keywords: economic evaluation; family planning; fertility; health care access; health care availability; health care delivery; health program; health service; human; Iran; population exposure; priority journal; program development; public health; review; rural heal difference-in- differences; family planning; fertility; health houses; Iran; program evaluation; propensity score matching | |
dc.title | Family planning and fertility decline in rural Iran: The impact of rural health clinics | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 19 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160399 - Demography not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.absfor | 160302 - Fertility | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9406909xPUB453 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, Virginia Tech | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hosseini-Chavoshi, Meimanat, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 159 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 180 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1002/hec.1613 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 959999 - Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T11:59:17Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-78449254693 | |
local.identifier.thomsonID | 000281567800009 | |
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