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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Contraceptive use in Egypt: trends and determinants.

AUTHORS

El-Zanaty FH

SOURCE

In: Perspectives on fertility and family planning in Egypt. Results of further

analysis of the 1992 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, edited by Maher

Mahran, Fatma H. El-Zanaty, Ann A. Way. Cairo, Egypt, National Population

Council, 1995 Aug. :1-29. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]

ABSTRACT

Data from four demographic surveys carried out in Egypt were used: the 1980 Egyptian Fertility Survey (EFS-80), the

1984 Egypt Contraceptive Prevalence Survey (ECPS-84), and the 1988 and 1992 Egypt Demographic and Health

Surveys (EDHS-88 and EDHS-92). The proportion of women relying on the IUD increased from 4% at the time of EFS-

80 to 28% in EDHS-92. The oral contraceptive pill was the most popular method in all regions in 1980. However, by

1992, IUD users in the urban governorates outnumbered pill users by nearly 3:1 and urban women in Lower Egypt

were more than twice as likely to be using an IUD as the pill. The overall pattern of contraceptive use with age

changed little over time: use levels were lowest among women aged 15-24, peaked among women aged 25-29, and

declined somewhat among older women. A sharp rise occurred over time in the percentage of women with one child

who were using family planning; the proportion doubled from 16% to 32% in 1992. In the urban governorates in 1980,

current users were 35% of women with no education, 42% of women with some primary education, 55% of women

who completed primary but not secondary school, and 61% of women who had secondary or higher education.

Women who were working were slightly more likely to practice family planning than those who were not working. In

Lower Egypt the pill remained the most popular method among both working and nonworking women throughout the

period of 1980-88; however, by 1992 a shift toward IUD use occurred in both groups. Bivariate and multivariate

analyses examined determinants of contraceptive use and found that they were similar in urban and rural areas, with

the most marked increase in the odds of use associated with the number of living children, the desire for children,

the respondent's and husband's approval of family planning, and, in rural areas, the region of residence.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2502-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Contraceptive use in Egypt: trends and determinants.",

is(are) El-Zanaty FH. The source of this article is "In: Perspectives on fertility and family planning in Egypt. Results

of further analysis of the 1992 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, edited by Maher Mahran, Fatma H. El-Zanaty,

Ann A. Way. Cairo, Egypt, National Population Council, 1995 Aug. :1-29. Demographic and Health Surveys [DHS]".

This article was published in 1995 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2502-06. All

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