A STUDY OF FACTOR AFFECTING THE USE OF TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION AMONG MARRIED WOMEN

Abstract

Introduction: According to World Health Organization (WHO), 'Family planning allows individuals and couples to anticipate and attain their desired number of children and the spacing and timing of their births. It is achieved through use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of involuntary infertility'. This study provides the relationship between sociodemographic factors and use of temporary contraceptive methods and permanent contraceptive methods. 1.To de Objectives: termines the factor affecting utilization of temporary and permanent contraceptives among married women. 2. To determine the relationship between socio demographic factors and use of modern contraceptive method among married women.Material & methods: This study was community based descriptive cross sectional study, conducted in urban area of Bilaspur (C.G.). Total 600 married women were interviewed by predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Chi-square test and logistic regression was applied to know the association among the various socioeconomic factors and contraceptive practices. In this study 600 married wome Result: n were studied. Out of all 600 respondent (172)28.7% were using sterilization and rest were using temporary method of contraception. Only 8.6% and 32.8% illiterate women were using temporary method and permanent method of contraception and only 42.9% and 21.4% women of lower socio economic class were using permanent method and spacing method of contraception respectively. Signicant association was found between various factors like age, education, parity, socio economic class, and number of living children. In this study choice of method of contrace Conclusion: ption (temporary and permanent methods) was associated with education, occupation, socioeconomic class, number of living children and parity. It was found that the female sterilization (permanent method) was more popular than temporary method. Education and mass media show signicant association in use of temporary methods.