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The impact of education and media on contraceptive use in B angladesh: A multivariate analysis
Author(s) -
Goni Abdul,
Rahman Mahfuzar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12013
Subject(s) - family planning , residence , mass media , multivariate analysis , club , population , medicine , overpopulation , demography , electronic media , psychology , family medicine , environmental health , advertising , sociology , business , research methodology , anatomy
In this paper, an attempt is made to show the impact of education and media on contraceptive use and also to identify the factors that associated with the current use of contraception and continuing of contraception. To reach our goal, B angladesh Demographic and Health Survey ( BDHS 2007) data were used. Findings of this study reveal that education, age of the respondents, religion, media exposure, area of residence and if they belong to any of the non‐governmental organizations ( G rameen Bank, B angladesh R ural A dvancement C ommittee, ASA , Mother's club, etc.) have significant contribution to current use of contraception and continuing of contraception. Media, particularly TV , and education play the leading role regarding this issue, whereas the others have an indirect relationship. Multivariate analyses showed that contraceptive use were higher among educated women and those women who watch TV at least once a week as compared with their respective counterpart. The results indicate urgent need to give emphasis on education, ensuring electronic media exposure, head‐to‐head communication programme, institutional‐based family planning education and necessary information to learn about the impact of overpopulation for the people all over the country.