The impact of socioeconomic setting and program effort on contraceptive prevalence in the Egyptian governorates.

The authors measured the impact of the socioeconomic setting (SES) and the family planning program effort upon variations in the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) at the governorate level during 1992. Indexes are developed to measure the SES and the family planning program effort at the governorate level. The study was also conducted to measure the extent to which the SES and the program effort affect CPRs at the governorate level and to measure the impact of the SES on the program effort. The following indicators were chosen to use in building the SES index: population literacy rate primary and secondary school enrollment ratios life expectancy at birth infant mortality rate per capita income percent of the population working in agriculture and the percent of the population living in urban areas. The number of governorate population council meetings; the number of women per family planning center; the number of women per pharmacy; the percent of women who have family planning services in their localities; the number of information education and communication hours per 1000 women/year; the number of home visits per woman; record keeping and statistical reporting; social marketing; and the private sector were chosen as indicators in building the family planning program effort index.