Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health

Child malnutrition is a significant public health concern in several developing countries. Evidence suggests that family size and children's health outcomes are correlated. We utilize data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) for India and employ an Instrumental Variable approach to examine the impact of limiting fertility through the use of contraceptives on child health. This is an online repository of all the necessary codes and datasets required to replicate the results in the paper "Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health". The data is publicly available and accessible from https://dhsprogram.com/data/. We provide detailed instructions on the steps to access the data and to replicate all the tables and figures in the paper.

儿童营养不良是多个发展中国家的重要公共卫生问题。研究表明，家庭规模与儿童的健康状况存在相关性。本研究采用印度国家家庭健康调查（NFHS-5）的数据，并运用工具变量法探讨通过使用避孕措施限制生育对儿童健康的影响。本在线仓库包含了复制论文《计划生育实践：探讨避孕与儿童健康之间的联系》中结果的所需所有代码和数据集。数据公开可获取，访问链接为https://dhsprogram.com/data/。我们提供了访问数据以及复制论文中所有表格和图表的详细步骤。