Studies in Family Planning is a leading peer-reviewed journal that publishes public health, social science, and biomedical research from around the world. The journal advances knowledge and policy dialogue in sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice, covering issues such as fertility, family planning, HIV/STIs, abortion, and maternal and child health.

Studies in Family Planning disseminates research that helps ensure that efforts to improve the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and choices of underserved populations are based on academically rigorous scientific studies. We publish research articles, reports, commentaries, and data papers. The journal is managed by the Population Council. It was founded in 1963 and is published quarterly.

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Capturing Emergency Contraceptive Pill Use: Critical Reflections on Measurement and Reporting

Joe Strong, Ernestina Coast, Jamaica Corker, Michelle Weinberger, 
  •  14 July 2025
Special Issue Article
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Contraceptive Concordance

Sarah Vincent, Catalina Herrera-Almanza, S. Anukriti, Mahesh Karra, 
  •  9 July 2025
Special Issue Article
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Agency in Family Planning: A Scoping Review of the Measurement of Agency in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Francine Wood, Courtney McLarnon, Sarah Smith, Nitya Yerabandi, Lotus McDougal, 
  •  9 July 2025
Special Issue Commentary
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Moving Past a Legacy of Controlling Women: Key Frameworks to Center Women and Girls’ Choice and Agency in Sexual and Reproductive Health Measurement

Christine Dehlendorf, Karen Hardee, Evelyne Opondo, Anita Raj, 
  •  9 July 2025
Research Article

How It Was and How It Should Be: Moving Toward a Better Measurement of Contraceptive Prevalence Among Unmarried Women

Apoorva Jadhav, Madeleine Short Fabic, Kerry MacQuarrie, 
  •  7 July 2025
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Intended and Unintended Pregnancies Worldwide in 2012 and Recent Trends

Gilda Sedgh, Susheela Singh, Rubina Hussain, 
  •  301-314
  •  10 September 2014

The Effects of Unintended Pregnancy on Infant, Child, and Parental Health: A Review of the Literature

Jessica D. Gipson, Michael A. Koenig, Michelle J. Hindin, 
  •  18-38
  •  26 February 2008
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Contraceptive Autonomy: Conceptions and Measurement of a Novel Family Planning Indicator

Leigh Senderowicz, 
  •  161-176
  •  1 May 2020

Effects of Birth Spacing on Maternal, Perinatal, Infant, and Child Health: A Systematic Review of Causal Mechanisms

Agustín Conde-Agudelo, Anyeli Rosas-Bermudez, Fabio Castaño, Maureen H. Norton, 
  •  93-114
  •  4 June 2012
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Development and Validation of a Reproductive Autonomy Scale

Ushma D. Upadhyay, Shari L. Dworkin, Tracy A. Weitz, Diana Greene Foster, 
  •  19-41
  •  10 March 2014
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