Contraceptive Prevalence, Attitude and Choice among Women of Reproductive Age Group in a Rural Area of Jammu, India

摘要

Study Question: To find the prevalence of contraceptive use, unmet need and choice of contraceptive methods among reproductive age women in a rural area of Jammu district. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a randomly selected village in Miran Sahib zone of RS Pura block of Jammu district .House to house survey was conducted and in each house currently married females of reproductive age group were interviewed. A pre tested, pre-structured questionnaire was applied. The total population of village was 785. Overall 157 females were interviewed. Results: Majority of females (77/157) had two children while 42/157(26.75%) females had > 2children. 63.05% females opted for the two child norm. 83.43% of females opined that the ideal gap between two children should be >2yrs. 86% (129/157) wanted to adopt some method of contraception of which 70% (106/157) were using one or the other method of contraception hence unmet need of contraception came out to be16%. Tubectomy was the most preferred choice of family planning(36.79%).