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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Differential acceptance of family planning methods in India: a quantitative

analysis.

AUTHORS

Saha KB; Bhuniya S; Chatterjee U; Guha A

SOURCE

VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF BIO-SCIENCES. 1997;(3):36-44.

ABSTRACT

Acceptance of family planning methods may be viewed as a function of a complex interaction amongst many

variables, namely, couple's sociodemographic characteristics together with knowledge, availability and attitude

toward family planning methods as well as various psychological factors. In the present paper, an attempt has been

made to understand contraceptive use differentials in India by exploring National Family Health Survey data using

logistic regression in conjunction with Multiple Classification Analysis technique. For the current analysis such

variables as residence, caste, religion, education of couples, number and sex composition of the living children,

interspouse communication, exposure to mass media, and family planning messages have been considered to throw

some light on the contraceptive use in the country. It is observed that a large number of couples are not using any

method due to lack of knowledge or distorted knowledge, fear of side effects and owing to poor availability of the

proper methods or restricted contraceptive choice. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 556-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Differential acceptance of family planning methods in

India: a quantitative analysis.", is(are) Saha KB; Bhuniya S; Chatterjee U; Guha A. The source of this article is

"VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF BIO-SCIENCES. 1997;(3):36-44.". This article was published in 1997 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 556-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

5556

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