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YEAR: 1996

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Report of the Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Family Planning Practice in

the Southern Region of Thailand, 1994.

AUTHORS

Thailand. National Statistical Office

SOURCE

Bangkok, Thailand, National Statistical Office, [1996]. [12], 49, [5], 111, [2] p.

ABSTRACT

Findings are presented for the Southern Region in Thailand from the 1994 Survey of Knowledge, Attitude, and Family

Planning Practice among women aged 15-49 years. The Southern Region was comprised of 2,071,460 women aged

15-49 years, of whom about 72.3% were Buddhist and about 17.7% were Muslim. 86.6% of women lived in non-

municipal areas. About 40% were aged 15-24 years, 32.4% were aged 25-34 years, and about 30% were aged 35-49

years. There were more Muslim women in the younger age group. 32.2% were single and 4.7% were ever married.

More single women were Buddhist. 94.7% of women had some education, of which 65.3% had completed primary

school, 22.1% had completed secondary school, and 7.2% had completed college. Only 5.3% of women had no

education. Buddhist women had higher educational levels. Over 80% spoke the Thai language. 15.8% spoke Malay

and Yawee, and all of these women were Muslim. About 70.1% of women were employed during the preceding year

of the survey. About 56.5% were employed in agriculture, and 16.5% were engaged in sales work. 11.2% were

service workers. 72.2% of Buddhist women and 64.8% of Muslim women were employed. 99.4% of women knew at

least one method of contraception. The proportion who knew about specific methods is as follows: the pill (91.1%),

injection (81.4%), female sterilization (63.9%), and natural or barrier methods (4%). About 30.5% knew about

contraception from the health center. 20.5% learned about contraception from television. The main information

sources for Muslim women were the health center, friends, and television. 65.9% of the 1.4 million ever married

women had ever used contraception, and most preferred the pill. 37.5% currently used the pill, 24.0% used female

sterilization, 18.8% used injections, 8.1% used the condom, and 3.2% used Norplant. The government was the

primary source of supplies. 48.3% desired 2 children, and the average number of living children was 2.3 children per

woman. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2063-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Report of the Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Family

Planning Practice in the Southern Region of Thailand, 1994.", is(are) Thailand. National Statistical Office. The

source of this article is "Bangkok, Thailand, National Statistical Office, [1996]. [12], 49, [5], 111, [2] p.". This article

was published in 1996 in Thai; English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2063-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7063

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