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  • Title: Survey report: Indonesia.
    Author: Haub C.
    Journal: Popul Today; 1989 Jan; 17(1):5. PubMed ID: 12281553.
    Abstract:
    With a population of 177 million, 90 million concentrated on the island of Java alone, Indonesia is the 5th most populous country. Government programs have sponsored transmigration, relocating volunteers to areas more sparsely populated. As well, the government-supported family planning program has made efforts toward reducing the rate of population growth in Indonesia. Inroads have been made as the National Indonesian Contraceptive Prevalence Survey in 1987 indicated a continual decrease in the national fertility to a Total Fertility Rate of 3.4 during the period of 1983-1987. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 5.6 lifetime children/woman based on the 1967-1970 average has also declined by more than 1/3 in the past 15 years. Nearly all of the respondents to the survey had heard of some method of contraception, and of those, 42% of the presently married women were using a modern method of contraception and 4% more a traditional method. Of the modern methods used, the pill was the most popular (14.1%) with IUDs the 2nd most popular (13.3%) and injection as the 3rd most popular method (9.5%). A large decrease in teenage pregnancies was observed, and the peak period for pregnancy remained in the 20-24 year age group. Over half or 55% of the respondents who were married women stated that they did not want any more children. If the TFR continues to decline and the ideal rate of 2 children/couple is reached by the year 2000, the population is expected to rise to 263 million in 2025 finally peaking at 300 million.
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