Impact of Changing Contraceptive Method Mix on Jordan's Total Fertility Rate

This study aims to formulate a policy brief discusses the impact of how changes to the current contraceptive Method Mix will affect Jordan’s ability to achieve its future fertility goals and reduce population growth. It also discusses the specific policy recommendations that would bring about these changes.

 

Where This study indicates that the total fertility rate in Jordan has remained almost constant since 2002 and if the pass rate of reproductive macro, which is now (3.8) born to married women of reproductive age on the case, the number of the Jordanian population will double in three decades to come, which will to generate more pressure on several sectors such as environment, water availability and food security, housing, employment, health and education services.

 

The study showed that the most important issues on options for the methods used in Jordan are: fear of side effects of modern methods, bias, service providers, some means of organizing a particular family, it provides the service provider, especially females, preference for female employees for certain types of means, provide adequate funding to ensure the provision of options more in addition to the need to provide a place dedicated to providing counseling services.

 

The results of the analysis showed that work on reducing the use of traditional means to provide options in half and more of modern family planning methods contributes to a clear and significant reduction in unintended pregnancies.

 

At the end of the study and were arranged in order of priority recommendations, which would contribute to achieving national goals for reproductive health - and promote the rationalization of reproductive behavior.