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An evaluation of the population and development program in Egypt

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Previous rural surveys analyzing the impact of the Egyptian Population and Development Program on KAP variables (knowledge, attitudes, and practices of contraception) have produced mixed results. In 1982 a survey specifically designed to measure program impact contained refinements in questionnaire measurement, sampling, and analysis. Each refinement intensified the apparent program impact. Fertility itself still appears unresponsive, and attitudes toward family size have changed little, but marked differences between program and nonprogram areas in contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practice suggest imminent fertility declines in program areas.

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  1. International Population Program, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, New York

    J. Mayone Stycos & Roger Avery

  2. Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Cairo University and Population and Family Planning Board, Egypt

    Hussein Abdel-Aziz Sayed

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Stycos, J.M., Sayed, H.AA. & Avery, R. An evaluation of the population and development program in Egypt. Demography 22, 431–443 (1985). https://doi.org/10.2307/2061070

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