Summary: | Knowledge of, attitudes toward, and the practice of
contraception among married women in Taiwan were examined in a series of six
province-wide surveys conducted by the Taiwan Provincial Institute of Family
Planning between 1965 and 1986. Each successive survey collected extensive data
on contraception knowledge and use, pregnancy history, fertility, and family
planning, along with information regarding family relations and residence
history. KAP I (ICPSR 6862) included a focus on IUD users in 1965, while
pregnancy, birth/death, and abortion data were collected in KAP II (ICPSR 6863)
during 1967. KAP III (ICPSR 6864), administered in 1970, explored fertility
levels and changes in contraceptive knowledge and use by following a panel of
KAP II respondents, as well as an additional sample of women married between 1967
and 1969. Data from KAP II may be merged with the data from KAP III. The length
of time different types of contraception were used and premarital family and
nonfamily experiences of both the husband and the wife were examined in 1973 in
KAP IV (ICPSR 6864). In 1979, KAP V (ICPSR 6866) gathered data on the marriage
process itself, including how the marriage was arranged and what the living
arrangements were prior to marriage. KAP VI (ICPSR 6967) was conducted in 1986
and investigated current and past residential arrangements, premarital and
nonfamily experiences, and courtship and marriage processes. |
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