Family planning and fertility decline in
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Djavad Salehi-Isfahani; M. Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi; Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract During the first few years of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and aided by pro‐natal government policies, Iranian fertility was on the rise. In a reversal of its population policy, in 1989, the government launched an ambitious and innovative family planning program aimed at rural famili