Unmet Need for Family Planning among Married Women: Experience from Rural and Urban Communities

Abstract

:Unmet need for family planning is the key indicator to achieve Millennium Development Goal by the year 2015. Bangladesh Government has a great success in family planning sector but population has almost doubled in recent years. This study was carried out among married women to compare the determinants of unmet need for family planning among rural and urban communities during the period from July 2010 to June 2011. Unmet need for family planning in rural community was found 18(12%) and in urban community it was 38(25.3%). Among rural women unmet need for limiter was 13(8.6%) and spacer was 5(3.4%) while limiter 29(19.4%) and spacer 9(5.9%) found among urban women. Mean age at marriage was found 17.97(SD±2.66) years and mean age at first child birth was 19.91(SD±2.71) years among rural women. Among urban women mean age at marriage was found 20.43(SD±4.08) years and mean age at first child birth was 22.55(SD±4.3) years. Current contraceptive users among rural women was 79(52.7%) while it was 61(40.7%) among urban women. In this study, association between unmet need for family planning and freedom of choice of contraceptives was highly significant (p=0.001). To increase contraceptive prevalence rate and reduction of unplanned pregnancy, more emphasis should be given on unmet need for family planning.

Prevalence of Contraceptive Used by Married Couples in Chattogram Hill Tracts

“…In this study, injectable, implant and IUD users were 15.8%, 5.6% and 4.4% respectively; these findings were consistent with similar studies 6,16 . Almost half of the respondents got information about contraceptives from the family planning workers this finding conforms with other similar studies 8,14 in Bangladesh.…”

“…From this study, it revealed is that male partners are not only taking less responsibility for contraceptive use but also some cases they are barring to use contraceptives. This study also reveals that misconception about the side effects and religious factors also barring to use contraceptives; this finding consistent with other studies 6,12 .…”

“…Family planning visitors routinely visit the married couples in rural communities of Bangladesh. Various types of contraceptive methods are now available in the community to fulfill the aim of family planning 6 . These methods can again be classified into temporary including hormonal contraceptives, condoms, IUDs and implants and permanent methods includingtubectomyfor female and vasectomy for male 7 .…”

Unmet Need of Family Planning Among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Rural Areas of Manikganj District

“…If the population increases at this rate, it will create a great challenge on our economy. To overcome this problem of population explosion, government as well as the NGOs has introduced the concept of family planning among the people 5 . Due to their great achievement in this field, currently the contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) has increased manifold 6 .…”