Family Planning Practices in Rural Kerala
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Unregulated fertility leads to population explosion. It is important to know the determinants of contraceptive use among married women. The aim and objective was to find out the prevalence of contraceptive usage among rural Kerala and to find out socio-demographic factors affecting use of contraceptives. A community based cross sectional survey was conducted in rural Kerala and 619 subjects were studied. The overall prevalence of contraceptive use in our study was 70.3%. Use of contraceptives increased with age and parity. Contraceptive use was associated with religion but not with literacy rate and economic status. This rural study showed a high couple protection rate but contraceptives were mainly oriented towards female. Keywords: Contraceptive, couple protection rate, Kerala
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Pawar Anant T, Dr. Annie John, Durgesh Kumar
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