ABSTRACT
PIP: Prices for socially marketed condoms and oral contraceptives (OCs) in selected countries--Bangladesh, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Nepal, Zimbabwe, and Mexico--are set forth and compared with cost of living data such as per capita income and food prices. Also presented for each country is a couple-years of protection cost factor, representing the hypothetical number of days of income per capita needed to purchase a 1 year supply of condoms. The lowest such cost factor exists in India (0.9 day), followed by Jamaica (1.4 days) and Ghana (1.6 days). Countries with particularly high couple-years of protection cost factors include Honduras (10.3 days) and Zimbabwe (11.6 days). Contraceptive prices relative to a kilogram of rice are highest in Mexico, Zimbabwe, and Honduras and lowest in Bangladesh and India. Condom prices are more than twice the comparable couple-years of protection rate for OCs in Honduras and El Salvador, while there is a price equivalency in the contraceptive costs of these 2 methods in social marketing programs in Bangladesh, Jamaica, and Nepal.^ieng
Subject(s)
Commerce , Condoms , Contraception Behavior , Contraception , Contraceptive Agents, Female , Contraceptives, Oral , Costs and Cost Analysis , Economics , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Family Planning Services , Marketing of Health Services , Socioeconomic Factors , Africa , Africa South of the Sahara , Africa, Eastern , Africa, Western , Americas , Asia , Asia, Southeastern , Bangladesh , Caribbean Region , Central America , Contraceptive Agents , Costa Rica , Developed Countries , Developing Countries , El Salvador , Ghana , Health Planning , Honduras , India , Indonesia , Jamaica , Latin America , Mexico , Nepal , North America , Program Evaluation , ZimbabweABSTRACT
This paper presents data on contraceptive use and fertility in Honduras obtained from a household survey conducted in 1984, and compares these data with similar information obtained from surveys carried out in 1981 and 1983. About half of the increase that has taken place in contraceptive use in Honduras is accounted for by sterilization. In 1981, 27 percent of women in union aged 15-49 years were practicing contraception; in 1984, the percentage of those 15-44 was 35 percent. The increase in urban areas was smaller (from 47 percent to 51 percent) than in rural areas (from 16 percent to 24 percent). Also, fertility remained almost unchanged in urban areas while declining in rural areas. Information from questions on place of purchase, price, and brand of contraceptive (for orals) was used to determine source of supply. The use of multiple questions to determine source results in a higher percentage of contraceptive use attributed to the Honduran Family Planning Association as compared with answers to a single question. The duration of breastfeeding in Honduras has increased, with the greatest changes occurring among women in urban areas and women with the highest levels of education. Efforts have been made to promote breastfeeding in urban areas and these results suggest that the efforts have been successful.