A study on contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group in a rural area of Tamilnadu, India

Background: India was the first country to implement Family Planning Programme in 1952. The extent of acceptance of contraceptive methods still varies within societies and also among different religious groups. Objectives: To determine knowledge, attitude, practice regarding contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group in a rural area of Karnataka.Methods: A community based, cross sectional study was conducted among 200 married women of reproductive age group residing in a rural area of Karnataka. Data regarding knowledge, attitude, practice of contraceptive methods was collected using a predesigned questionnaire prepared in local language. Institutional ethical committee approval, informed consent from the study participants was taken and anonymity, confidentiality was ensured.Results: Out of 200 study participants, 81% had knowledge and awareness of family planning methods, positive attitude for contraceptive use was shown by 76% of study participants, 53% were practicing different contraceptive methods.Conclusions: Women education and counseling of couples can play an important role to adopt family planning methods.

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Prevalence of contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age groups in a rural area of Bangladesh

Journal of Dhaka Medical College ◽

10.3329/jdmc.v23i1.22686 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 7-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nirmeen Rifat Khan ◽

Sadia Jerifa

Keyword(s):

Rural Area ◽

Family Income ◽

Contraceptive Use ◽

Nuclear Family ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

School Level ◽

Age Group ◽

Contraceptive Methods ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age

This was a descriptive cross-sectional type of study conducted with an aim to find out the prevalence of contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) in a rural area of Sreepur upazilla under Gazipur district. The study was conducted from February 2012 to June 2012. Out of 265 respondents, majority (27.17%) were found between the age group of 20-24 years where mean age was 28.12 years with SD of ±7.881 years. Among all the respondents 97.7% were Muslims. Maximum number of respondents (28.7%) were educated up to secondary school level but most of them (84.5%) were housewives. Majority (34%) of their husbands were service holders and businessmen each, 29.4% had monthly family income of 5,001-10,000/- Tk. This lower middle class comprised the highest group in our study. Among 265 respondents, 62.3% were using contraceptive methods at the time of study and rest 37.7% were not using due to some different reasons, such as pregnancy, breast feeding, eagerness to take child etc. Maximum couple (81.9%) took decision combindly to adopt contraceptive methods and most of them (69.8%) lived in a nuclear family. Majority (62.63%) had 1 to 2 children. Mostly used contraceptive method among ever users (81.69%) and current users (60%) was oral contraceptive pill. Majority (45.28%) mentioned no side effect from any of the methods. Relatives and neighbors were the highest informer (33.96%) than the family planning workers (20.75%) and even mass media (7.54%). In this study the prevalence of contraceptive use was found 62.3%. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jdmc.v23i1.22686 J Dhaka Medical College, Vol. 23, No.1, April, 2014, Page 7-13

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Correlates of contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group in Adilabad District

International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health ◽

10.5455/ijmsph.2017.0825005102017 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Rajnish Borkar ◽

Swapnatai Meshram ◽

Geetha Chanda

Keyword(s):

Contraceptive Use ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Age Group ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age ◽

Reproductive Age Group

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Study of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group in urban slum area of western Maharashtra

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20194519 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 4499

Author(s):

Kuldeep Kalyanrao Mitkari ◽

Santosh Haralkar ◽

Poonam Sancheti ◽

Ramakant Gokhale

Keyword(s):

Contraceptive Use ◽

Urban Slum ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Age Group ◽

Slum Area ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age ◽

Group 15 ◽

Reproductive Age Group

Background: India is world’s second most populous country next to China. Family planning is a key intervention for population control. In urban field, most of population (60%) resides in urban slum area with deprived and vulnerable population. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group also to study socio-demographic factors and sources associated with the contraceptive use and the reasons behind not using.Methods: A community based descriptive cross sectional study of 5 months duration was conducted among married women in reproductive age group (15-45 year) resident of urban slum area. 234 samples were selected by simple random sampling method. Data was collected through interviews of study subjects using a semi structured questionnaire.Results: Out of 234 women, 98 (41.9%) women said that they are using some method of contraception, which are condom (6.8%), OC pills (4.3%), copper-T (4.7%) and female sterilization (26.1%). Religion, socio-economic status is not significantly associated with acceptance of contraception, but the education and employment are the key influencers for the contraceptive use. The major sources of information are doctors from the government hospitals and auxiliary nurse midwives.Conclusions: The prevalence of contraceptive use in married women of reproductive age group (15-45 year) in urban slum area is found to be 41.9%. Spacing methods including the modern methods of contraception are not getting accepted. More efforts should be taken to remove fear and misconceptions about contraceptive use.

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Contraception-still miles to go: a study among married women in a rural area of West Bengal

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20173496 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (8) ◽

pp. 3618

Author(s):

Jayita Pal ◽

Shamshad Ahmad ◽

Arohita Siva

Keyword(s):

Rural Area ◽

Nuclear Family ◽

Unmet Need ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Common Source ◽

Age Group ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age ◽

Entire Study ◽

Reproductive Age Group

Background: Unregulated growth of population is the most important problem that is hindering the socio-economic growth of a developing country like India since its independence. Multiple socio-economic factors are responsible for non-acceptance of contraception. To meet the unmet need these factors are needed to be explored. The current study aimed to assess the rate of acceptance of different contraceptive methods, various socio-demographic factors affecting acceptance and to find out the reasons for non-acceptance among married women of reproductive age group in a rural area of West Bengal.Methods: An institution based cross sectional study was conducted among 224 married women of reproductive age group with the help of a predesigned, pretested schedule.Results: Almost entire study population (98.2%) had the knowledge of any modern accepted method of contraception; health personnel (91.1%) being the most common source of knowledge. In majority of cases (69.6%) the decision of contraceptive use was taken by the husband and wife jointly. The overall prevalence of current use of contraception was 33.9% of which most common method adopted was found to be tubectomy (42.1%). The total unmet need was 50%. Multivariate analyses revealed that women aged more than 27 years, belonging to Hindu religion, nuclear family of higher per capita income with education of self and husband being up to or above middle level, having at least two leaving issue and one male child had higher odds of ever use of contraception.Conclusions: To bridge the gap of knowledge and practice intense awareness generating programmes focusing on the local barriers of contractive practice were the need of the hour to address this alarming public health problem.

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Prevalence of reproductive morbidity and its determinants among ever married women of reproductive age group (15-45 years) in a rural area of Kozhikode

Public Health Review: International Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.17511/ijphr.2017.i2.05 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 59-70

Author(s):

Dr. Sajna M V ◽

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Dr. Thomas Bina ◽

Dr. Lucy Rahael ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rural Area ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Age Group ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age ◽

Group 15 ◽

Reproductive Age Group

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A Comparative Study of Prevalence of RTI/STI Symptoms and Treatment Seeking Behaviour among the Married Women in Urban and Rural Areas of Delhi

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.1155/2015/563031 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Anjana Verma ◽

Jitendra Kumar Meena ◽

Bratati Banerjee

Keyword(s):

Urban Area ◽

Rural Area ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Married Women ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Treatment Seeking ◽

Age Group ◽

Women Of Reproductive Age ◽

Urban And Rural Areas ◽

Reproductive Age Group

Background. In developing countries, women are at high risk for several reproductive health problems especially RTI/STIs. Since all RTIs/ STIs are preventable and most of them are curable, it is pertinent to study the determinants of the health seeking behaviour.Objectives. To compare the prevalence and treatment seeking behaviour about RTI/STI symptoms among the married women of reproductive age group (18–45 years) living in urban and rural area of Delhi.Methods. A cross-sectional study was done among the married women of reproductive age group residing in Pooth Khurd, a village in North West district of Delhi, and Delhi Gate, an urban locality situated in central Delhi.Results. In this study, the prevalence of RTI/STI symptoms was found to be similar in both urban (42.3%) and rural area (42%). In urban area, 73% sought treatment, while in rural area only 45.6% sought treatment. Prevalence of the symptoms was found to be higher among the study subjects who were not using any contraceptive method, had history of abortion, and were with lower educational status, in both urban and rural areas. Treatment seeking behaviour was significantly higher among the educated women, contraceptive users, and older age group women in both rural and urban area.

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