Family planning and fertility decline in Korea: retrospect and prospect
Yang, J.M.; Watson, W.B.
International Journal of Health Services Planning Administration Evaluation 3(4): 821-832
1973
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-7314 PMID: 4788260 DOI: 10.2190/jyjc-tfua-0fd1-ungdDocument Number: 405972
Family planning plans and programs, recent trends in reproduction patterns including attitudes toward ideal family size, induced abortion, etc., and the past, present, and future of the actual progress of fertility decline in Korea are discussed. Total fertility in Korea declined from 6.3 children per woman in 1960-61, to 4.5 within 10 years. This article contends that family planning programs have been responsible for this decline. The government's Third Five-Year Plan aims at reducing the growth rate by 1976 to 1.5% from its present 2.2%. The authors believe that this goal can only be achieved through greater commitment to family planning and the incorporation of abortion and sterilization in the program.