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Hungary World Fertility Survey 1977

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Hungarian Fertility Survey
Geography 
Hungary (HUN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1977 - 12/1977
Series or system 
World Fertility Survey (WFS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of the survey was to collect data on fertility and family planning in Hungary. A total of 4,009 married women ages 39 and under who lived with their husbands were interviewed from 58 towns and 199 villages across Hungary.

This is part of a fertility survey series conducted in the 1970s and 1980s. The WFS series typically provides data on contraceptives, reproductive health, breastfeeding, and complete birth histories.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Agriculture, Birth control pills, Birth place, Condoms, Contraceptives, Education, Family planning, Family size, Female infertility, Fertility, Housing conditions, IUDs, Income, Injectable contraceptives, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Occupations, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Sexual abstinence, Sexual sterilization, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Traditional birth control
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022