Contraceptive Use in a Changing Service Environment: Evidence from Indonesia during the Economic Crisis

Elizabeth Frankenberg, University of California at Los Angeles
Wayan Suriastini, RAND

The family planning service environment in Indonesia changed substantially during the first year of the economic crisis that began at the end of 1997. Prices of contraceptives rose and stock outages of some methods increased. Although prevalence and method mix changed little, women did make changes in the types of providers on whom they relied for supplies. Using panel data from two rounds of the Indonesia Family Life Survey, this paper investigates the links between the price and quality of family planning services and women's choices regarding source of supply.