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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Determinants of current contraceptive use at the regional level, Egypt, 1991.

AUTHORS

El-Deeb B; Abdel-Monem A; El-Din AA

SOURCE

In: CDC 24th Annual Seminar on Population Issues and the Challenges in the

21st Century in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. CDC Annual Seminar, 1994,

[compiled by] Cairo Demographic Centre. Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Demographic

Centre, 1995. :376-401. Cairo Demographic Centre Research Monograph Series

ABSTRACT

This study examines the determinants of contraceptive use among the five regions of Egypt and identifies the key

factors that would increase contraceptive prevalence. Data were obtained from the 1991 Egypt Maternal and Child

Health Survey. Findings indicate that contraceptive use increased during 1980-91 and the increase was highest

during 1988-91. The lowest use was found in rural Upper Egypt, where contraceptive use was only 22.6% in 1991.

Use was 64% in urban governorates, 61.5% in urban Lower Egypt, 56.3% in urban Upper Egypt, and 50.1% in rural

Lower Egypt. Use by age followed a U-shaped pattern in all regions. Prevalence was 28.3% in marriages of under 5

years' duration and 59% in marriages of 10-24 years' duration. This pattern occurred in all regions. The highest level

of contraceptive use was found among women with at least 2 living children in all regions, with the exception of rural

Upper Egypt where use was highest among women with at least 5 children and use was 50% lower than in rural

Lower Egypt. Logistic regression results indicate that all socioeconomic variables, with the exception of women's

work and husband's education, were highly significantly related to contraceptive use. Current use was affected most

by women's educational status. The influence of women's age was stronger among women living in urban

governorates than among those in urban Lower or Upper Egypt. The middle level of education had the strongest

impact. Women having 3-4 children had greater impact on the likelihood of current use than women having fewer

than 3 children. The impact of women's age and education was weaker in rural areas compared to urban areas.

Husband's education had a greater impact in rural areas. Number of living children had the weakest effect on

contraceptive use in rural Upper and Lower Egypt. Women's work status had greater impact in rural Lower Egypt than

in urban areas. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2530-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Determinants of current contraceptive use at the regional

level, Egypt, 1991.", is(are) El-Deeb B; Abdel-Monem A; El-Din AA. The source of this article is "In: CDC 24th

Annual Seminar on Population Issues and the Challenges in the 21st Century in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

CDC Annual Seminar, 1994, [compiled by] Cairo Demographic Centre. Cairo, Egypt, Cairo Demographic Centre,

1995. :376-401. Cairo Demographic Centre Research Monograph Series No. 24". This article was published in 1995

in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2530-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info)

PIN: 7530

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