TY - RPRT AU - Rutenberg, Naomi AU - Ayad, Mohamed AU - Ochoa, Luis Hernando AU - Wilkinson, Marilyn CY - Columbia, Maryland, USA TI - Knowledge and use of contraception T2 - DHS Comparative Studies No. 6 PB - Macro International PY - 1991 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/CS6/CS6.pdf AB - This report summarizes and compares results from 25 of the 27 national surveys of women carried out during the first five-year phase of the DHS program (DHS I). In this report, the DHS questionnaire is described and relevant terms are defined; data on knowledge, ever-use and current use of contraception is analyzed and compared; and trends and general conclusions are offered. Detailed tables analyzing the data not only by country and by method, but also by socioeconomic and demographic variables, are presented in the appendices. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) is a 13-year project to assist government and private agencies in developing countries to conduct national sample surveys on population and maternal and child health. Funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DHS is administered by Macro International Inc. in Columbia, Maryland, USA. ER -