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Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Zimbabwe: Discontinuation, Switching and Failure (English) 

Document Type

Further Analysis

Publication Topic(s)

Family Planning

Country(s)

Zimbabwe

Survey

Zimbabwe DHS, 1994

Language

English

Recommended Citation

Sambisa, William. 1996. Contraceptive Use Dynamics in Zimbabwe: Discontinuation, Switching, and Failure. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 15. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Macro International

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Publication Date

December 1996

Publication ID

FA15

Abstract:

This paper examines contraceptive discontinuation, reason for discontinuation, method switching, and contraceptive failure in Zimbabwe. Five-year retrospective contraceptive histories collected in the monthly calendar of events in the 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) are used for the analysis.