Does an expansion in private sector contraceptive supply increase inequality in modern contraceptive use?

Agha, S.; Do, M.

Health Policy and Planning 23(6): 465-475

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0268-1080
PMID: 18796500
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn035
Document Number: 203336
Objective: To determine whether an expansion in private sector contraceptive supply is associated with increased socio-economic inequality in the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (MCPR inequality). Methods: Multiple rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys data were analysed for five countries that experienced an increase in the private sector supply of contraceptives: Morocco, Indonesia, Kenya, Ghana and Bangladesh.

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