Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Journal of Reproduction & Infertility

Patterns of contraceptive use in urban areas of Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad in 2004

Authors
Azita Goshtasebi 1
Maryam Sadat Vahdaninia 2
1 Faculty of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
2 Institute for Medicine Research , ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Achieving comprehensive reproductive health services, including family planning as the basis of family health and sexual health, has been internationally the main objective of governments and health policy makers in the past decades. Improving modern family planning facilities would lead to a promotion in population control. This study investigates family planning indices, its short comings and mean of reproductive variables in the urban areas of Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad province in comparison with the data from Demographic Health Survey carried out in Iran in 2000.Materials & Methods: Considering the high coverage of households by urban health centers in the province, 1540 married women were randomly selected from the list of names in each health center and they were interviewed during 2004. A researcher-devised questionnaire, (content validity determined by experts), was used consisting of demographic variables, family planning awareness status methods, the contraceptive method used by the couples and the number of a desired and live children. Using SPSS, version 13, the data were analyzed in a descriptive-analytical fashion with a significance level of 0.05.Results: The mean age of the respondents was 33.2+ 9.4 years. The mean numbers of pregnancies and children were 3.7 and 3.2 respectively. There was a significant relation between the mean number of children and women's educational status and job (p-value
Keywords
contraceptive method
Family planning
Family planning indices
kohgiluyeh
boyerahmad
Reproductive Health
Urban areas
Women
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Journal of Reproduction & Infertility
Volume 7, Issue 3
Autumn 2006
Pages 252-259