| Item type |
Book Section |
| Subjects |
300 Social sciences > 305 Social groups |
| Division/Agency |
LPPKN - National Population and Family Development Board, Malaysia: Population and Family Research Division |
| Keywords |
Contraceptive prevalence rate, Unmet need for contraception, Family planning, Contraceptives |
| Additional Information |
This paper has been presented at the National Population Conference 2021 (PERKKS 21) - online conference on 16-17 November 2021. It is jointly organized by the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Malaysia, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (UM) in collaboration with WMIT Group Sdn Bhd. |
| Abstract |
The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR-the proportion of married women in the reproductive age group using any family planning method) in Malaysia CPR had stagnated since the mid-1980s when the government shifted its programme thrust from family planning to family development. |
