Awareness and use of family planning methods among iTaukei women in Fiji and New Zealand

Cammock, Radilaite; Priest, Patricia; Lovell, Sarah; Herbison, Peter

doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12761

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“…In support of this, Daniels and colleagues (2015) found in a large United States sample that 37-41% of children born to women without a high-school diploma were unplanned, compared to 17% of pregnancies for women with at least a bachelor's degree, while Girma and Patton (2015) found that education correlates negatively with fertility. In New Zealand, Cammock et al (2018) found that 79% of iTaukei (an ethnicity indigenous to Fiji) women surveyed who were sexually active were not using any method of contraceptive, and that 22% women under 24 in both Fiji and New Zealand had experienced an unplanned pregnancy. ITaukei contraceptive use was lower in New Zealand than the general population.…”

Section: Drivers For Pasifika and Māori Fertilitymentioning

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The relationship between ethnicity and fertility in New Zealand

Urale

O'Brien

Fouché

2018

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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While there is a global shift towards smaller families, some groups maintain relatively high fertility rates. The 2013 New Zealand census data were used to investigate the nature of fertility between ethnicities in New Zealand. The NZ Deprivation Index 2013 was used as a measure of socioeconomic status to determine the relationships with fertility. The results mirror research outside of New Zealand in that socioeconomic status is inversely correlated to fertility. Using crude average fertility rates, sole-ethnicity Pasifika and Māori ethnic groups still have substantially higher fertility than sole-ethnicity Europeans and Asians ethnic groups, even when simultaneously accounting for age, socioeconomic status, education, and religious affiliation. Christians have more children than individuals reportedly without any religion, and fertility rates drop on average for mothers who have higher formal qualifications. Our findings suggest that cultural, or other ethnic-specific factors differentially affect fertility for Māori, Pasifika, New Zealand European, and Asians as aggregated ethnic categories, respectively.

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Section: Drivers For Pasifika and Māori Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The relationship between ethnicity and fertility in New Zealand

Urale

O'Brien

Fouché

2018

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online

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“…Moreover, the reasons also focused on false beliefs, such as the preference for conceiving males, the achievement of honor by having as many children as possible, and considering them as a source of safety for their fathers in the old age stages of their lives [22] as well as a source of income for the family. The surrounding factors transform attitudes into behaviors [23,24].…”

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The Situation of Egyptian Women in Childbearing and Family Planning and Some Related Factors: A Perspective of Correspondence Analysis

Aly¹

2023

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Fertility levels are generally lower in countries with high rates of using contraceptive methods. One of the aspects that determines the rates of women's use of these methods is their knowledge of them and the issues surrounding the reproductive process and their attitudes towards them, and then, transforming all of those into behavior. This study was conducted to assess the Egyptian women's level of "knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors" towards reproduction and family planning through an index that combines all these aspects (the KABRF Index) and by examining some of the related factors and how they are connected. The study included a sample size of 8293 women in EDHS 2014 and applied the Correspondence Analysis method. It was found that nearly one-third of the sample was rated at the lowest level of the index under study. These women are mostly the uneducated, the least educated, the poorest, the least empowered, the most exposed to spousal violence, residing in the frontier governorates and Upper Egypt, and with five or more children. Improving the position of the Egyptian women in the indicator under study requires the efforts of some state ministries to raise awareness and follow a motivation policy through granting privileges to families committed to having two children at the most and enforcing compulsory education until the completion of the secondary school.

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“…A woman's age, husband's education, wealth, spousal communication, and favourable attitude toward contraception are all associated with contraceptive usage (Azmat et al, 2015;Muhindo et al, 2015;Sultan et al, 2002). Pacific Island Countries (PICs) appeared as under-researched; however, Cammock et al identified Fijian contraception usage average of 45% nationally, but as low as 22% of them are sexually active women (Cammock et al, 2018). The low level of contraception usage is also associated with the low levels of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of women and their partners (Lincoln et al, 2018).…”

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Predictors of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Towards Family Planning (FP) Among Pregnant Women in Fiji

Imtishal¹,

Mohammadnezhad

Baker

et al. 2023

Matern Child Health J

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Objective This study aimed to determine the predictors of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) towards Family Planning (FP) among pregnant Fijian women. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted over two months in 2019 with adult pregnant women attending the Antenatal Clinic (ANC) at Ba Mission Hospital (BMH), Fiji. Data was collected using a self-administrated questionnaire. Statistical analysis included correlation tests and regression analysis in determining predictors of KAP. Results 240 pregnant women participated in this study with a mean age of 26.02 (± SD = 4.13). The results showed a moderate level of knowledge (mean 14.95, SD ± 3.15), positive attitude (mean 20.56, SD ± 5.68), and good practice (mean 4.97, SD ± 1.73). Linear regression identified that women with more than seven children had a knowledge score of 3.65, lower than null parity (t value = -2.577, p = 0.011). Women aged 20 to 24 had a 6.47 lower attitude score than women aged 18 to 19 (t value = -2.142, p = 0.033). Women in defacto relationships had a 2.12 lower attitude score compared to the married category (t value = -2.128, p = 0.034). Fijian women of Indian descent had a 1.98 lower attitude score than the I Taukei women (t value = -2.639, p = 0.009). Women aged 30–34 had 2.41 lower practice scores than those aged 18–19 (t value = -2.462, p = 0.015). Conclusion This study found a medium knowledge of FP among pregnant women. These findings support a recommendation for further research to implement effective strategies.

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Awareness and use of family planning methods among iTaukei women in Fiji and New Zealand

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

The relationship between ethnicity and fertility in New Zealand

The relationship between ethnicity and fertility in New Zealand

The Situation of Egyptian Women in Childbearing and Family Planning and Some Related Factors: A Perspective of Correspondence Analysis

Predictors of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) Towards Family Planning (FP) Among Pregnant Women in Fiji

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