Family Planning and Population: A Compendium of International Statistics

This volume provides statistics on ail large-scale family planning programs of the developing world, together with selected demographic and socioeconomic statistics. Time trends are given for some indicators, and data are arranged for comparative analysis across countries. Where available, time trends go back to the mid-1980s; the full historical series from the late 1960s appears elsewhere. This volume' s predecessor, published in 1992,2 should be consulted for earlier demographic and socioeconomic data, and for tables on maternal and child health indicators that are not repeated here. The data on family planning programs come from a series of three Questionnaires sent since 1 987 to some 100 developing countries; for the most part these Questionnaires have been kept consistent in their subject matter and wording. Many programs have undergone major modifications, and within each country respondents have, of course, changed from time to time. The indicators used in this data series are those that program representatives and other informants can provide from available information, without undertaking original field research. Our latest questionnaire round reflects information accessible to each country as of early 1993. Questionnaire forms were sent out in late 1992 and, with follow-up contacts, were returned over the ensuing months through the spring of 1993. Each questionnaire displayed the data previously published for that country in each table concerning the family planning program. This let respondents enter corrections in the past time series, as well as provide the updates that were the primary objective of the inquiry. Tailor-made questionnaires of this type were made possible through a new computer routine. After checks and editing, data were entered into the computerized tables that contained the earlier time series.