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Contraceptive use in Yemen: a component analysis.

Vijayan K Pillai¹, T S Sunil

¹School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA. drpillai@yahoo.com

World Health & Population

|June 24, 2008

Summary

Modernization significantly influences modern contraception use in Yemen, contrary to expectations that religious values would dominate. Social context, not just religious beliefs, shapes contraceptive choices, aligning Yemen with global fertility decline patterns.

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Area of Science:

Demography
Sociology
Public Health

Background:

Contraceptive use in Islamic societies like Yemen is often attributed to religious values.
Modernization theory offers a framework to understand shifts in fertility and contraceptive behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the impact of modernization on modern contraception use in the Republic of Yemen.
To investigate changes in fertility variables across cohorts using modernization theory and Ryder's cohort-historical model.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from Yemen Demographic and Health Surveys (1991 and 1997).
Application of modernization theory and Ryder's cohort-historical model to fertility data.

Main Results:

Findings suggest the social context of contraceptive use in Yemen mirrors preconditions seen in societies undergoing fertility decline.
The study challenges the notion that religious values solely determine contraceptive use in Yemen.

Conclusions:

Modernization and social context play a significant role in shaping contraceptive use in Yemen.
Policy implications derived from these findings are discussed in detail.