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Science 25 September 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3952, pp. 1278 - 1283
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3952.1278
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Integrated Incentives for Fertility Control

Wider use of material incentives should make family planning programs more effective

Lenni W. Kangas 1

1 Office of Population, U.S. Agency for International Development, New Delhi, India

Incentive proposals for fertility control have stimulated considerable debate and only narrowly conceived trials. As a result, there exists a tendency to dismiss almost offhandedly the entire concept of using material incentives to further contraceptive practice before any have been adequately tried. Moreover, a majority of proposals thus far have been characterized by a search to uncover the "one best way" to circumvent the myriad frustrations encountered in attempting to reduce birthrates in traditional societies.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Fertility Reduction Policies and Poverty in Third World Countries: Ethical Issues.
D. J. Hernandez (1984)
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 20, 343-362
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