ABSTRACT
It is now widely recognized among development planners that demographic factors such as migration, fertility and the acceptance of family planning are inter-related with socio-economic development. Few development planners believe that family planning programmes alone are sufficient to achieve national fertility objectives, particularly where the economic value of children is high because of limited income-earning opportunities and the need for old-age support for parents, and where infant and child mortality is high because of limited access to health and sanitation services. On the contrary, it is generally believed that until improvements in income and living conditions reduce the need to have large families, there will be little demand for contraception. There has therefore been a growing interest in many developing countries in implementing development programmes and educational and health strategies which will have a decisive impact on demographic behaviour, as well as contributing to economic growth and higher standards of living.
