Analysis of Family Planning Dropouts in Women of Reproductive Age

Abstract

The Family Planning Program (FPP) is one of the strategies carried out by the government to suppress the increase in population growth. Unfortunately, women of reproductive age (WRA) often stop participating in FPP or drop it out, unaware of increasing the risk of conception. This study uses secondary data from the 2017 IDHS for 945 WRAs who have used modern FPP methods. It uses cross-tabulation to determine the distribution of husbands' approval regarding the FPP method, wanting more children, side effects of family planning, the role of family planning service providers, and the incidence of dropping out of FPP in North Sumatra Province. The results indicated that 238 out of 707 WRAs (25.8%) dropped out of FPP. The FPP dropping out in North Sumatra Province mostly occurred to WRAs who experienced side effects of FPP methods (238 WRAs) and who changed their minds to want more children (67 WRAs). The BKKBN of North Sumatra Province must provide training to FPP service providers on the side effects of the methods to improve their counseling skills, which must be used properly to serve the WRAs before they decide to use contraceptives.

Social Demographic Dimensions of Contraceptive Use in the Land of Papua: A Cross-Sectional Approach

“…38 Side effects and health education are inhibiting factors of contraceptive use, 39 and the side effects mainly contribute to the discontinuation of contraceptive use. 15 Based on the age of women getting their first marriage, women who first married at the age of 20 years or younger had a higher percentage of contraception use (22.7%) than women who first married at 21 years of age or over (19.6%). Women married under 20 years of age were 1.25 times more likely to use a contraceptive compared to those who married later.…”

“…36 In North Sumatra, women who had not reached the ideal number of children were more likely at risk of stopping contraception. 45 Couples of childbearing age usually limit their fertility through contraception if their plan for the ideal number of children is close, 35 or the desire for the children's sex composition is met. 46 This study indicated the opposite result to the study in Central Java, showing more frequent long-term contraceptive use among married women having two or fewer children alive.…”

“…10 Many studies on contraception conducted using data on a national or provincial scale showed relatively moderate contraceptive use. 4,[14][15][16] Those studies employed data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Program Performance and Accountability Survey (SKAP), and Inter-Census Population Survey (SUPAS) data. However, studies on contraception in Papua are still very limited.…”

Type and Duration of Use of Hormonal Contraceptives as a Trigger for Maternal Weight Increase in Family Planning Acceptors in Bali: A Cohort Study

“…In addition, various studies have also analyzed the effects of hormonal contraceptives on weight loss have been carried out in Northern Ethiopia by Zerihun et al (2019), in Southwest Nigeria (Odelola & Akadri, 2021), and in Indonesia by Kumala (2021) and Mas'udah et al (2021). In addition, previous studies focused on evaluating the attitudes and actions of 3-month injectable birth control acceptors in overcoming contraceptive side effects (Mamuroh et al, 2019), studying the characteristics and knowledge of birth control pill acceptors with consumption compliance (Virawati, 2023), analyzing knowledge of birth control acceptors with side effects of hormonal contraceptives with a duration of 3 months (Rismawanti, 2020), and examining the distribution of husbands' consent regarding family planning program methods, the desire to add children, side effects of family planning, the role of family planning service providers, and the incidence of drop out (Siregar et al, 2022).…”