Almost 15% of the women of childbearing age accepted modern contraception during the 1st 2 years of a program of contraceptive education and services in a remote rural area of Zaire. Family planning team members were widely known residents of the area. Their personal contact strongly influenced the acceptance and method of contraception chosen by local women. The acceptors averaged 7 pregnancies and 5 living children and generally wanted a total of 6 or 7 children.
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