Radio Communications on Family Planning: Case of West Africa

Jaehyun Ahn, Gary Briers, Mathew Baker, Edwin Price, Robert Strong, Manuel Piña, Alexis Zickafoose and Peng Lu
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Jaehyun Ahn: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Gary Briers: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Mathew Baker: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Edwin Price: Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Robert Strong: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Manuel Piña: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Alexis Zickafoose: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Peng Lu: Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa will accommodate more population this century by having a multitude of births across the continent. Family planning methods provide women with techniques to manage their health and wellbeing. This study investigated how radio communications in family planning changed the perception of Ghanaian, Liberian, and Senegalese mothers toward having fewer children. Univariate and multivariate linear regression results after coarsened exact matching (CEM) with selected covariates for 15- to 49-year-old mothers from demographic and health survey (DHS) data implied the effectiveness of radio communications. This effort supports the need for further research on tailored communication methods for West African mothers over time.

Keywords: family planning; radio communications; mothers; demographic and health surveys; West Africa; population growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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