Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

K. Aruna Rao , M. V. Sholapurkar

Abstract

IN estimating the number of births averted, the contraceptive retention rates play a vital role. In doing so, the data requirement of retention rates will have to be for a longer period. Normally the data based on follow-up studies are of a short duration of one or two years, thus necessitating the use of the continuation curves for extrapolating the retention rates.

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