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YEAR: 1998

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Prevalence and determinants of current contraceptive method use in a palm

oil company in Cameroon.

AUTHORS

Ekani-Bessala MM; Carre N; Calvez T; Thonneau P

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1998 Jul;58(1):29-34.

ABSTRACT

The prevalence and determinants of contraceptive usage were investigated in a cross-sectional study of female

workers at a palm oil company in Kienke, Cameroon. All 385 women 15-49 years of age (mean age, 29.8 years) who

had lived on the palm oil plantation for at least a year and were at risk of pregnancy were interviewed. 28% of

respondents reported ever-use of modern contraception and 21% had used traditional methods; use rates at the time

of interview were 10% and 16%, respectively. Multivariate analysis indicated use of modern contraceptive methods

was significantly associated with a secondary education or higher, having more than three children, being the head

of the household, and (if a man was present in the household) partner approval of family planning. These same

factors, with the addition of a history of illegal abortion, were significant determinants of use of traditional methods.

Receipt of family planning information in the previous month was not a significant determinant of use of either

modern or traditional contraception. The higher prevalence of contraceptive use among women living in this

industrial environment relative to women in other parts of Cameroon or in west and central Africa suggests the

salience of economic power to women's contraceptive use patterns. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 55-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Prevalence and determinants of current contraceptive

method use in a palm oil company in Cameroon.", is(are) Ekani-Bessala MM; Carre N; Calvez T; Thonneau P. The

source of this article is "CONTRACEPTION. 1998 Jul;58(1):29-34.". This article was published in 1998 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 55-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 5055

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