Women’s Reproductive Choices and Behaviors: A Bibliography
Understanding what determines a woman’s reproductive choices and behaviors, particularly in terms of family planning, can inform the development of more effective programs and policies to improve their lives. ICRW conducted a large-scale, household-based study in Madhya Pradesh, India to explore the full range of factors that define women’s options regarding childbearing.
Findings from the research data have been published in an ICRW report as well as the following journals:
- Edmeades, Jeffrey, Laura Nyblade, Anju Malhotra, Kerry MacQuarrie, Sulabha Parasuraman, and Sunayana Walia. 2010. “Methodological Innovation in Studying Abortion in Developing Countries: A ‘Narrative’ Quantitative Survey in India.” Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Volume 4, Number 3, Pages 176-198. This article describes the development and implementation of a mixed-method data collection approach designed to understand circumstances surrounding abortion.
- Nyblade, Laura, Jeffrey Edmeades, and Erin Pearson. 2010. “Measuring Self-Reported Abortion-Related Morbidity: A Comparison of Measures in Madhya Pradesh, India.” International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 36, Number 3, Pages 140-148. This article examines the determinants of abortion-related morbidity, using a variety of measures.
- Edmeades, Jeffrey, Susan Lee-Rife, and Anju Malhotra. 2010. “Women and Reproductive Control: The Nexus between Abortion and Contraceptive Use in Madhya Pradesh, India.” Studies in Family Planning, Volume 41, Number 2, Pages 75-88. This article takes an explicitly life course approach to exploring how women’s contraceptive and abortion needs change over the life course, and how past experience with one influences the use of the other.
- Lee-Rife, Susan M. 2010. “Women’s Empowerment and Reproductive Experiences over the Lifecourse.” Social Science & Medicine, 71(3):634-642. This paper examines the complex interplay between women’s reproductive experiences, including unwanted or mistimed pregnancy, stillbirth, miscarriage and abortion, and changes in their empowerment over the lifecourse.