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Population Studies Contraception and fertility in Zambia

respondents. The Research Ethics Review Boards of The Changes in use of family planning among the Urban
Tropical Disease and Research Centre (TDRC) in Zambia poor: Evidence from nairobi slums: Changes in use of
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved family planning among the Urban poor. Population and
the 1992 – 2018 DHS Biomarker and survey protocols for Development Review, 43:216-234.
Zambia. Therefore, all techniques used for gathering data https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12038
were compliant with applicable guidelines and ethical Bietsch, K., Arbaji, A., Mason, J., Rosenberg, R., & Al Ouri, M.
standards. In accordance with the regulations of the DHS, (2021). Shifting dynamics: Changes in the relationship
all individuals participating in the survey who were above between total fertility rate and contraceptive prevalence
18 years of age were required to provide explicit informed rate in Jordan between 2012 and 2017. Gates Open Research,
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to seeking assent from minors under the age of 18, informed https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13188.2
consent was obtained from the parents or legal guardians of
participants aged between 15 and 17 years. Biney, A.A.E., Wright, K.J., Kushitor, M.K., Jackson, E.F.,
Phillips, J.E., Awoonor-Williams, J.K., et al. (2021). Being
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