Pakistan Journal of Medical Association Vol. 66, No. 12. , 2016
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O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive met... more Abstrac t O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive methods and to ascer tain the psycho -social and economic attitude of women about family planning methods. M etho ds: This cross-sec tional study was conduc ted at the Universit y of S argodha, S argodha, Pak istan, from D ecember 2014 to M arch 2015, and compr ised mar r ied women. The sample was selec ted using multistage sampling technique through Fitzgibbon table. They were inter viewed regarding use of family planning methods. . SPSS 16 was used for data analysis. Results: O f the 500 women, 358(71.6%) were never-users and 142(28.4%) were past-users of family planning methods. M oreover, 52(14.5%) of never-users did not k now about a single moder n contraceptive method. O f the past-users, 43(30.3%) k new about 1-3 methods and 99(69.7%) about 4 or more methods. Fur ther more, 153(30.6%) respondents graded condoms as good, 261(55.2%) agreed that family planning helped in improving one's standard of living to a great ex tent while 453(90.6%) indicated that family planning methods were not expensive. B esides, 366(71.2%) respondents believed that using contraceptive method caused infertility. Conclusion: Dissatisfaction with methods, method failure, bad experiences with side effects, privacy concerns and different myths associated to the methods were strongly related to the non-usage of modern contraceptive methods
Pakistan Journal of Medical Association Vol. 66, No. 12. , 2016
Abstrac t
O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive met... more Abstrac t O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive methods and to ascer tain the psycho -social and economic attitude of women about family planning methods. M etho ds: This cross-sec tional study was conduc ted at the Universit y of S argodha, S argodha, Pak istan, from D ecember 2014 to M arch 2015, and compr ised mar r ied women. The sample was selec ted using multistage sampling technique through Fitzgibbon table. They were inter viewed regarding use of family planning methods. . SPSS 16 was used for data analysis. Results: O f the 500 women, 358(71.6%) were never-users and 142(28.4%) were past-users of family planning methods. M oreover, 52(14.5%) of never-users did not k now about a single moder n contraceptive method. O f the past-users, 43(30.3%) k new about 1-3 methods and 99(69.7%) about 4 or more methods. Fur ther more, 153(30.6%) respondents graded condoms as good, 261(55.2%) agreed that family planning helped in improving one's standard of living to a great ex tent while 453(90.6%) indicated that family planning methods were not expensive. B esides, 366(71.2%) respondents believed that using contraceptive method caused infertility. Conclusion: Dissatisfaction with methods, method failure, bad experiences with side effects, privacy concerns and different myths associated to the methods were strongly related to the non-usage of modern contraceptive methods
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O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive methods and to ascer tain the
psycho -social and economic attitude of women about family planning methods.
M etho ds: This cross-sec tional study was conduc ted at the Universit y of S argodha, S argodha, Pak istan, from
D ecember 2014 to M arch 2015, and compr ised mar r ied women. The sample was selec ted using multistage sampling
technique through Fitzgibbon table. They were inter viewed regarding use of family planning methods. . SPSS 16 was
used for data analysis.
Results: O f the 500 women, 358(71.6%) were never-users and 142(28.4%) were past-users of family planning
methods. M oreover, 52(14.5%) of never-users did not k now about a single moder n contraceptive method. O f the
past-users, 43(30.3%) k new about 1-3 methods and 99(69.7%) about 4 or more methods. Fur ther more, 153(30.6%)
respondents graded condoms as good, 261(55.2%) agreed that family planning helped in improving one's standard
of living to a great ex tent while 453(90.6%) indicated that family planning methods were not expensive. B esides,
366(71.2%) respondents believed that using contraceptive method caused infertility.
Conclusion: Dissatisfaction with methods, method failure, bad experiences with side effects, privacy concerns and
different myths associated to the methods were strongly related to the non-usage of modern contraceptive
methods
O bjec tive: To identify the perceptions of rural women about moder n contraceptive methods and to ascer tain the
psycho -social and economic attitude of women about family planning methods.
M etho ds: This cross-sec tional study was conduc ted at the Universit y of S argodha, S argodha, Pak istan, from
D ecember 2014 to M arch 2015, and compr ised mar r ied women. The sample was selec ted using multistage sampling
technique through Fitzgibbon table. They were inter viewed regarding use of family planning methods. . SPSS 16 was
used for data analysis.
Results: O f the 500 women, 358(71.6%) were never-users and 142(28.4%) were past-users of family planning
methods. M oreover, 52(14.5%) of never-users did not k now about a single moder n contraceptive method. O f the
past-users, 43(30.3%) k new about 1-3 methods and 99(69.7%) about 4 or more methods. Fur ther more, 153(30.6%)
respondents graded condoms as good, 261(55.2%) agreed that family planning helped in improving one's standard
of living to a great ex tent while 453(90.6%) indicated that family planning methods were not expensive. B esides,
366(71.2%) respondents believed that using contraceptive method caused infertility.
Conclusion: Dissatisfaction with methods, method failure, bad experiences with side effects, privacy concerns and
different myths associated to the methods were strongly related to the non-usage of modern contraceptive
methods