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Contraceptive Practice before Female Sterilization *
Author(s) -
Thike Katherine Ba,
Wai Khin Thet,
Oo Nan,
Yi Khin Htar
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1993.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , medicine , pill , family planning , socioeconomic status , developed country , demography , family medicine , fertility , female sterilization , gynecology , population , obstetrics , research methodology , nursing , environmental health , sociology , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Abstract The reproductive profile and contraceptive practice of 402 women undergoing female sterilization at the Central Women's Hospital are presented. Most (89%) of the interviewees were urban‐dwellers and housewives with primary school education. Fifty‐two percent were between 30 and 34 years with a mean of 4.2 living children. Sixty‐nine percent were past contraceptive users, of them; 29.9% had used more than one method. A considerable gap between knowledge and practice of different methods was found. Education level and employment had a significant effect on contraceptive practice (p<0.01 and p<0.5). The majority knew and used combined oral contraceptive pills and injectable progestogens, whereas rhythm, withdrawal and barrier contraception were lesser known methods. Contraceptive use was primarily for child‐spacing whereas the main reasons for female sterilization were socioeconomic and achievement of desired family size.