Reproductive Health of Female Garment Factory Employees in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Abstract

At least 80–85% of the 660,000 people employed in garment and footwear factories in Cambodia are female, rural-to-urban migrants, aged 35 years or younger. In an audio-assisted, self-administered interview survey conducted with 668 Cambodian female garment factory employees, we found that 52.8% had ever had sex, 24.2% had an unmet need for modern contraception, 5.9% were currently pregnant, 38.3% of the mothers had attended four plus antenatal care consultations (ANCC) and 24.4% had attended no ANCC, and 83.7% of births were assisted by a skilled birth attendant. A public health approach is required to improve modern contraception use and antenatal care.