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Abstract
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and future decisions on population control by limiting the number of children or controlling fertility, notably through family planning and contraception within the nuclear family.
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Synonyms
23 entry terms
- Family Planning Policies
- Policies, Family Planning
- Policy, Family Planning
- Antinatalist Policy
- Family Policy
- One Child Policy
- One-Child Policy
- Pronatalist Policy
- Antinatalist Policies
- Family Policies
- One Child Policies
- One-Child Policies
- Policies, Antinatalist
- Policies, Family
- Policies, One Child
- Policies, One-Child
- Policies, Pronatalist
- Policy, Antinatalist
- Policy, Family
- Policy, One Child
- Policy, One-Child
- Policy, Pronatalist
- Pronatalist Policies
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Aspects Covered
4 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
by government: for planning on family or personal level index under FAMILY PLANNING; specify state or country
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Family Planning (1968-1991)
- Public Policy (1978-1991)
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WA 550
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Family Planning Policy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016656. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016656
- Family Planning Policy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_policy
- Family Planning Policy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358238