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

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

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

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. 

scholarly journals Contraceptive knowledge, attitude and practice among married women of reproductive age group in a rural area of Karnataka: a cross sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1733
Author(s):  
Radha Ramaiah ◽  
Srividya Jayarama
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

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. 

Preference on prenatal sex determination and its associated factors among currently married women of reproductive age group in Puducherry, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
GaneshKumar Saya ◽  
KariyarathCheriyath Premarajan ◽  
Gautam Roy ◽  
Sonali Sarkar ◽  
SitanshuSekhar Kar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

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

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
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

Perception of married women of reproductive age group toward permanent sterilization in a slum of Kolkata

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 895
Author(s):  
Sembagamuthu Sembiah ◽  
Jayeeta Burman ◽  
Aparajita Dasgupta ◽  
Bobby Paul ◽  
Rajarshi Banerjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Age Group
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