Attitude of Spouse towards Family Planning: A Study among Married Men and Women of a Rural Community in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The fertility data indicate that there is a need to change to scenario of contraception use in India. The present paper reports the attitude of spouse on the practice of family planning in a rural population from West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The information was collected through in-depth interviews with structured questionnaire. A considerable proportion of people reported that their spouse encouraged to adopt family planning. And very few people reported that their spouse opposed and discouraged the use of family planning methods. There was no trend of association with attitude of spouse with age and caste of respondents. But literacy and occupation had influence. In addition, majority of respondents opined that female sterilising (tubectomy) was a better permanent sterilization. No apparent association was seen between this attitude and characteristics of the respondent. Also, more than two-thirds of men and less than half of women reported that they advised others to adopt family planning. Family panning through contraception tries to achieve the principal objective to have only the desired number of children. Hence, the study warrants improving the attitude of the people, in favour of family planning and special strategies are to be planned to improve the involvement of men.

Influence of age on the usage of family planning methods by Turkish married men living in southeastern Turkey

“…In the literature, it is well established that the use of contraception has increased with education (10,11,16,23,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30) and that being exposed to education and counseling have a significant effect on the behavior of an individual. A lower general educational level had a remarkable effect on reproductive health knowledge of soldiers from the eastern region of Turkey (26).…”

“…The data were collected by using the questionnaire form prepared in line with the information collected from the literature (1, 8,9,11,16,19,22). The questionnaire consisted of 31 questions related to socioeconomic and demographic information, fertility information, and family planning by the couple.…”

“…Factors that determine the couple's fertility pattern of behavior were specified in the literature (6,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). Some of these included the men's ideal number of children, sex preferences of offspring, men's insight, religious prohibition (9,10), the opposition of the husbands (8)(9)(10), and, most importantly, the low involvement of men in family planning.…”

Determinants of Family Planning Use Among Turkish Married Men Who Live in South East Turkey

“…The data were collected by using the questionnaire, which had been prepared in line with the information collected from the literature (Kolawole et al, 2002;Nagase, Kunii, Wakai, & Khaleel, 2003;Odu et al, 2005;TDHS, 2008;Tuloro et al, 2006;Utomo, 2005;Varma & Rohini, 2008). The questionnaire consisted of 31 questions related to socioeconomic and demographic information (age, educational level, marital status, employment status, longest place of residence, income status, etc.…”

Acceptance of Family Planning Methods Among the Married Male of A Selected Rural Area in Bangladesh

“…It demonstrates that the share of male methods to the total contraceptive prevalence rate is very low 6 . The picture of the whole mechanism which regulates fertility behavior is not clear 7 . To ease the burden, men should play greater role in contraceptive use as a joint and equal responsibility.…”