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Guyana Contraceptive Prevalence Survey 1991-1992

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General Info
Geography 
Guyana (GUY)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/1991 - 03/1992
Series or system 
IPPF WHS Contraceptive Prevalence Survey (CPS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

This survey was the first nationally representative survey on contraceptives following the World Fertility Survey of 1974. The survey was administered to women aged 15-44 using a multistage cluster sample based on the 1980 census.  Interviews were completed with 1958 respondents. A printed report is available; some libraries may be able to procure this report through the interlibrary loan system.The survey covered contraceptive awareness, contraceptive use and family-planning programs.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region published a report on the survey titled Contraceptive Prevalence in Guyana, the tenth in a series titled IPPF/WHR Caribbean Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys. Some libraries may be able to procure this report through the interlibrary loan system.