Open AccessAwareness and Determinants of Contraceptive use among Nursing Mothers in Bellary, Karnataka
Author(s) -
B Sadananda Rao,
Veerendrakumar Chowdapur Mathada
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16022.7120
Subject(s) - family planning , medicine , socioeconomic status , family medicine , pregnancy , wife , population , chi square test , cross sectional study , developing country , demography , nursing , environmental health , research methodology , biology , genetics , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The nursing mothers, who have already delivered a child in recent period, may prefer to avoid or delay future pregnancy, or may not even have given a thought about it. Among those who prefer to delay next pregnancy, many are unaware of family planning practices. This is mainly influenced by the prevailing sociodemographic factors in their families.