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Country/Study


Sample


 Participants


Design


 Women


Men 


Adolescents


 Other 1


 Primary Data


 Secdondary Analysis
Bolivia
Men's Knowledge Attitudes and Behavior * Interviews: stratified sample of 600 couples in which women are ages 20-49  x  x     Quantitative (structured interviews)

Qualitative (focus groups) 
 
Psychosocial Impact * In-depth interviews with 120 women and 40 men  x  x     Qualitative (focus groups, in-depth interviews)    
 Brazil
Pregnancy Among Young Adults * Interviews: 400 pregnant women 12-18; 200 abortion patients 12-18; 50-60 mothers of pregnant teen sample  x    x  x Quantitative (structured interviews)  
Consequences of Tubal Ligation * Survey: 388 women 30-49 with tubal ligation; 388 women 30-49 without tubal ligation   x       Quantitative (survey); qualitative (focus groups)  
 China 2
 Women's Lives  * FGDs: older women; women 15-49; successful women entrepreneurs; men over 50; men 20-49; unmarried men

* Case study: 20 families

* Survey: random sample of 4,000 people
 x      Quantitative (survey); qualitative (focus groups, case studies)  
 Egypt
 Lives of Egyptian Women * Cross- sectional survey: 4,500 women

* Follow-up survey: 800 women age 45 and younger in 1990-91 survey

* Survey: 9,900 households (1990-91)

* Survey: 9,000 women (1979)

* FGDs: 12 groups of 6-10 ever-married Egyptian women each (72-120 total)
      Quantitative (survey); qualitative (trend analysis, focus groups)   
Roles of Women as Employees * Archival data: employment records of health workers 

* FGDs: 64 groups of female health-sector employees (approx. 600-640 total)

* Interviews: 20 high-level program managers and directors of FP programs
 x      x  Quantitative (archival); qualitative (focus groups, in-depth interviews)  Archival
 Indonesia
Women's Economic Activity * IFLS survey: nationally representative sample of 7,700 households (1993) 

* Interviews: 20 women and 20 men (40 total)
 x  x    x  Quantitative (survey); qualitative (in-depth interviews)  IFLS survey (1993)
Family Welfare and Women's Activities * Survey: 800 women

* Interviews: 16 women (subsample of survey)
 x  x    x  Quantitative (survey); qualitative (in-depth interviews)  
Women's Empowerment * Survey: 800 women

* Interviews: 36 couples (women and men)
 x  x    x Quantitative (survey); qualitative (in-depth interviews)   
Women's Reproductive Decision-Making * Survey: 800 women 25-49

* FGDs: 12 groups of 8-10 per group; women and men (96-120 total)

* Interviews: 24 women and their spouses (women and men)
 x  x    x Quantitative (survey); qualitative (survey, focus groups, in-depth interviews)    
 Jamaica
Project to Delay First Pregnancy * Questionnaire: 500 male and female Grade 7 students 

* FGDs: 16 groups of 6-8 Grade 7 students (96-128 total)
 x  x  x   Quantitative (questionnaire); qualitative (focus groups, observation)   
Mali
New Contraceptive Users * Interviews: 55 new women FP users 18-45; 27 women never-users 18-45

* FGDs: 12 groups: 2 groups each of new women FP users 18-45, women non-users 18-45, mothers-in-law of FP users, mothers-in-law of non-users, partners of users; partners of non-users; 8-10 per (96-120 total)
 x  x      Qualitative (in-depth interviews, focus groups)  
Philippines 
Cebu Longitudinal Study * Follow-up survey: 2,395 women (1991)

* Survey: random of sample 3,080 pregnant women (1983)
 x         Cebu survey (1983,1991) 
Cebu Longitudinal Follow-up  * Survey: 2,800 women 15-55

* FGDs: 4-6 groups with 6-8 women per (24-48 women total) 

* In-depth interviews: 60 women
 x        Quantitative (survey); qualitative (focus groups, in-depth interviews)  
Women/Family Welfare  * National Demographic Survey (NDS): nationally representative sample of 12,995 households; 15,029 women 15-49 (1993)  x          NDS 1993
Economic/Psychosocial Influences * Survey: stratified sample of 1,100 women 15-49

* FGDs: 36 groups, 8-10 partcipants per; men and women (288-360 total)

* In-depth interviews with key informants (men and women)
 x  x      Quantitative (survey); qualitative (focus groups, in-depth interviews)  
Social/Economic Consequences * Survey 1: clustered sample of 250 rural married women 15-49 (1994)

* Survey 2: clustered sample of 1,000 urban married women 15-49

* FGDs: 6 groups of 10 men/women per group (60 total)
 x  x      Quantitative (survey); qualitative (focus groups)  
Zimbabwe
Women in Development Process * Retrospective survey: national sample of 2,500 women 18-60

* Survey: ZDHS (1987; 1994)

* Survey: qualitative and quantitative; national random sample of 1,450 women and 1,500 men (1992)
 x  x      Quantitative (survey)  ZDHS (1987, 1994); Socio-Cultural Survey (1992)
Academic and Vocational Goals * Survey: 1,200 female students 18-25 at teachers' college

* Interviews: 90 women: 30 postpartum mothers<26 who dropped out of school due to index pregnancy, 30 community mothers 18-25 who dropped out of school due to pregnancy, 30 sexually active students from teachers' college
 x       Quantitative (questionnaire); qualitative (in-depth interviews)   
Mediating Effects of Gender * Interviews: 88 total: 44 married women 25-40; 22 married men 25-50; 22 married women 40+ 

* FGDs: 16 groups with 7-9 per (112-144 total); women and men
 x  x      Qualitative (in-depth interviews, focus groups)   
Quality of Life * FGDs: 18 groups of 7-9 women 18-34 each (total 126-162)  x        Qualitative (focus groups)   
1 "Other" indicates service providers, community/religious leaders, or other family members.

2 With the exception of China, the studies in this table are funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The study in China is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.

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