Unmet need for contraception among married women in an urban area of Puducherry, India
| Autor: | Hemant Deepak Shewade, Manimozhi Subramanian, Keerthana Manoharan, Bahiya Sulthana, Bhuvaneswary Sunderamurthy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Gerontology
Adult Urban Population Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Population prevalence Student IJMR Developing country lcsh:Medicine India Shyness General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Medicine cross-sectional study Humans awareness education media_common education.field_of_study Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry questionnaire lcsh:R Systematic sampling a0 wareness - contraception - cross-sectional study - prevalence - questionnaire - women General Medicine Contraception Family planning Population study Marital status Female women business Demography |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Medical Research Indian Journal of Medical Research, Vol 141, Iss 1, Pp 115-118 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 0975-9174 0971-5916 |
| Popis: | Background & objectives: Unmet need for contraception remains a national problem. The study was conducted in an urban area of Puducherry, India, among the eligible couples to assess the unmet need for contraception and to determine the awareness and pattern of use of contraceptives along with the socio-demographic factors associated with the unmet needs for contraception. Methods: This cross-sectional study included eligible couples with married women in age group of 15-45 yr as the study population (n=267). Probability proportional to size sampling followed by systematic random sampling was used. A pre-tested questionnaire was administered to collect data from the respondents. Double data entry and validation of data was done. Results: Unmet need for contraception was 27.3 per cent (95% CI: 22.3-33); unmet need for spacing and limiting was 4.9 and 22.5 per cent, respectively. Among those with unmet need (n=73), 50 per cent reported client related factors (lack of knowledge, shyness, etc.); and 37 per cent reported contraception related factors (availability, accessibility, affordability, side effects) as a cause for unmet need. Interpretation & conclusions: Our study showed a high unmet need for contraception in the study area indicating towards a necessity to address user perspective to meet the contraception needs. |
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