Cheong, C.K. (author / The Population Council, Seoul, Korea) and The Population Council, Seoul, Korea
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
South Korea
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 22 Document Number: B02370
Notes:
#1368, Harold Swanson Collection, Mimeographed. 1974. 12 p. Paper prepared for Third International Conference Integrated Communication for Rural Development; 1974 December 2-6; East-West communication institute, Honolulu, HI
Mohanto, G.C. (author), Satapathy, C. (author), and Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India; Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05044
James F. Evans Collection, Participation in rural development programs that organize members into local cooperative groups can alter the decision-making environment facing couples to reflect some of the negative consequences of childbearing. This study uses data from Nepal, collected through a combination of ethnographic and survey methods, to test the effects of participation in such a development program on fertility behavior. Results demonstrate that program participants are much more likely to use contraceptives to limit their fertility than are non-participants. The study provides empirical support for theories linking this type of institutional change to fertility and indicates a policy option that can allow some negative consequences of childbearing to affect couples' fertility decisions. (author)
