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Fertility Desires and Contraceptive Transition.

Sara Yeatman^1,2, Christie Sennott³

¹Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver Denver, Colorado, USA.

Population and Development Review

|August 27, 2025

Summary

Understanding fertility desires is key to contraceptive use. This study introduces a model explaining how the desire to avoid childbearing influences contraceptive adoption in low- and middle-income countries, clarifying their complex relationship.

Keywords:

Africa Asia Latin America contraception fertility fertility desires

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Demography
Population Studies
Reproductive Health

Background:

Fertility desires are crucial for understanding contraceptive use, but the macro-level relationship is debated.
Existing research often overlooks the micro-level processes linking fertility desires to contraceptive transition.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a conceptual model explaining the micro-level processes linking fertility desires to contraceptive use.
To analyze the factors contributing to the misalignment between fertility desires and contraceptive use in low- and middle-income countries.
To provide a nuanced understanding of fertility desires and contraceptive accessibility.

Main Methods:

Development of a conceptual model to articulate micro-level processes.
Analysis of multilevel factors influencing the costs of fertility regulation.
Examination of the interplay between fertility desires and contraceptive transition.

Main Results:

The model highlights the importance of nuanced understanding of fertility desires.
Differentiates between contraceptive acceptability and accessibility.
Identifies multilevel forces shaping fertility regulation costs.

Conclusions:

Micro-level processes are essential for understanding contraceptive transition.
Changes in fertility desires and their implementation dynamically influence contraceptive use.
The relationships between fertility desires and contraceptive transition are additive, multiplicative, and dynamic.