Factors Influencing the Family Planning Practices in Young Married Women (15-24 years) Living in Rural Area of District Etawah Uttar Pradesh: A Cross Sectional Study
Abstract
Background: Among the young married women in the age group 15-
24 years the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) is only 27.7% which
is quite low than the target CPR of 60%. This study was undertaken
to explore the prevalence, factors, causes of non-use of contraceptive
among young married women living in rural area of district Etawah.
Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in the
rural area of district Etawah in randomly selected three villages. In each
selected village, we moved in one direction to identify married women
aged 15-24 years. We explained the study and purpose of our visit, and
sought willingness of the eligible women to participate in the study. All
the households were visited until at least 32 young married women (15-
24 years) were interviewed using a pre-tested questionnaire to obtain
the desired sample size of 96. The data was analysed using SPSS 24.0.
Results: Current use of contraceptives was found to be 33.8 % and
almost two-thirds (66.2%) of the participants weren’t using any sort
of contraception. The important reasons for non-use of contraception
were lack of knowledge/ hesitancy/ shyness/ embarrassment regarding
birth control about the contraception or place of availability of services,
opposition to contraceptive use by husband, relations and women’s
desire to urge pregnant. About one third of the ladies had no perceived
need for any contraception.
Conclusions: The findings showed that motivation of women to adopt
family planning method through counselling along with provision of
youth friendly services are needed to be address to achieve improvement
in contraceptive use among these young married women living in rural
area.
How to cite this article:
Bharti RK, Pallavi, Kumar V, Soni K, Jain PK,
Singh N. Factors Influencing the Family Planning
Practices in Young Married Women (15-24 years)
Living in Rural Area of District Etawah Uttar
Pradesh: A Cross Sectional Study. Int J HealthCare
Edu & Med Inform. 2021;8(4):19-23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.9199.202110
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