Contraceptive Practices among the Eligible Couples from a Rural and an Urban Are a of Karnataka
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Every fifth birth in the world is an Indian, and 50% of the Indian population are of reproduc-tive age. Contraceptive use in India is very poor. There is still a large unmet need for contraception and hence the present study was planned. Objective: To assess the couple pro-tection rate (CPR) among the eligible couples. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the 600 eligible couples in the urban and a rural area of Karnataka using a semi structured questionnaire during October 2017 to March 2018. Results: The couple protection rate was 59.33% among the eligible cou-ples and 40.67% did not use any family planning methods. The ma-jor family planning method used was tubectomy (42.63%), and very few used OCPs (4.5%). CPR was highest among the couples who completed greater than 2 years of married life (60.76%) and who had 2 or more children (67.64%). All (100%) professional graduates used contraceptive methods while it was least (31.2%) among illiterates. Conclusion: The number of eligible couples still not using the family planning methods was 40.67%. Hence there is a need to educate and motivate the eligible couples to im-prove family planning services, highlighting the importance of small family.
Authors and Affiliations
Niranjan V Gummaraj, Margaret Menzil, Bhaskar Kurre, Deepa LN, A. D. Meundi
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