An assessment of sociodemographic factors and family planning practices in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India: a cross sectional study

Abstract

Background: India was the first country in the world to launch a National Family Planning Programme in 1952. It was purely a demographic programme with the sole objective of reducing the birth rate to stabilize the population. As per 2011 census population increased with the growth rate of 17.7%. Thus even after 63 years of programme & many more new advances & updates in programme, India could not reach its target of at least 60% of couple protection rate. So there would be some definite factors prohibiting its use. Methods: A cross section study of 450 reproductive age group women was conducted to find out the factors of unmet need of contraception & socio demographic profile. Results: In present study couple protection rate was 57.11%, majority being permanent sterilization. The selection of contraception was influenced by her husband in 43.24% & by mother-in-law in 62.16%. Conclusions: The study revealed that almost half of the couple population was using the contraception that included temporary as well as permanent methods of contraception.

Correlates of contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group in Adilabad District

“…More than half (54.67%) of current contraceptive user opted for sterilization, followed by oral pills and IUD's while only 6.66% mentioned the use of condom by their partner as a method of contraception. This reflects the prevailing gender bias in reproductive [10] Kansal et al, [11] Mathew et al, [12] Rathod et al, [13] Sahu, [14] Kaware et al, [4] Taklikar, [15] and Bandhi et al [16] A significant difference was seen between the women using contraceptive and not using contraceptive for age, number of living children, married year, and ease of discussion about contraception while there was no significant association with religion, education, occupation, and per capita income.…”