The high birth rate in Indonesia is still a major problem in the population. One of the programs to suppress population growth is through the family planning program. Perceptions of couples of childbearing age regarding family planning have a strong enough influence to determine the use of contraceptives by their wives. This study aims to explore how the wife's perception of contraception. The research method used is qualitative with in-depth interviews. Informants who will conduct in-depth interviews are 4 informants who are wives and currently using contraceptives. The results showed that the informants first found out information on the use of contraceptives, namely by health workers. Informants feel that family and self-support affect the use of contraceptives. Informants use contraceptives to control the population, limit birth rates, and regulating birth spacing, informants will feel different discomforts when using contraceptives. informants have the view that Islam does not prohibit the use of contraceptives. Based on this, we can say that the perception of wives in using contraceptives is influenced by several aspects of the information, family support as well as the perception of a wife against contraceptives cheap and tangka it is a benchmark for the wife in the use of contraception other than required by the state. To regulate the distance between pregnancies, the wife also believes in terms of health and religious beliefs that using contraceptives does not violate the norms and beliefs they currently hold.