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Abstract
In response to government plans to introduce a low-dose pill to the national family
planning program of Bangladesh, a comparison of the performance of low-dose and standard-dose
pills among a rural Bangladeshi population was conducted. Continuation rates were
found to be better among users of the low-dose pill and there was no evidence that
failure rates were higher. The relative risk (standard-dose vs. low-dose) over the
first 30 months following adoption was 1.25 for first method continuation, and 1.29
for extended use failure. This paper, thus, provides evidence that low-dose pills
may be a suitable method of contraception for rural Bangladeshi women.
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Publication history
Accepted:
January 4,
1994
Received:
November 1,
1993
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© 1994 Published by Elsevier Inc.
