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Commentary
The recent Demographic and Health Surveys in 47 countries have yielded
a much more detailed picture of women's struggle to gain control over
child-bearing.
In almost all nations, women are marrying later, delaying the start of
child-bearing, and having fewer children in total.
But the surveys also show that most women want fewer children still,
and that many want to postpone their next pregnancy. And although
contraceptive use has risen sharply, there is still a large unmet
demand for family planning.