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topics under category "Contraception
(Birth Control) and Family Planning".
Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
planning. Birth control is a controversial political and ethical
issue in many cultures and religions, and although it is generally less
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| Fertility and family planning, Kinshasa, 1988. [Fecondite et planification |
| familiale, Kinshasa, 1988.] |
| Makani B; Niwembo KL; Bertrand JT |
| Kinshasa, Zaire, Depte. de Sante Publique, 1991. xviii, 136, [37] p. USAID Contract |
| No. DPE-3030-A-00-4051-00 |
| 3485 women aged 15-49 years and 3140 men aged 20-60 years were interviewed for the 1988 Survey of Fertility and |
| Family Planning in Kinshasa. The results were compared to those of the Contraceptive Prevalence Survey of 1982. |
| The average age was 33 years for male respondents and 27 for female respondents. Around 98% of the men and |
| 89% of the women had attended school. 62% of the men and 27% of the women had some kind of occupation at the |
| time of the survey. Over 70% practiced a traditional Judeo-Christian religion. 67-77% had grown up in urban areas. |
| 32% of their houses had electricity, half had running water in the house or compound, and 98% had a toilet or latrine |
| available. 44% of the women and 53% of the men stated they were in recognized monogamous unions. The average |
| age at 1st union was 18 for women and 25 for men. The average age at 1st sexual relations was estimated at 17 for |
| both sexes. The average number of live births among the women was 2.8, a slight increase over 1982. Average |
| parity for women 45-49 was 6.9 in 1982 an 7.2 in 1988. The average number of live births for men the same age was |
| 6.4 in 1988 considering just the 1st wife and 8.2 considering all wives. 23% of men and 20% of women with at least |
| 1 live birth had experienced the death of a child. 59% of the women in union and 23% of single women reported they |
| had had sexual relations the preceding month. The proportions sexually active increased with education. Factors |
| associated with a low level of sexual activity among married women were having a large family, an infant under 12 |
| months, or a husband not living in the same household. 66% of the men reported sexual activity in the preceding |
| month. 65% of married men and 66% of married women wanted more children. But 44% of women wanting more |
| children wanted to wait at least 2 years. The desired family size, defined operationally as the actual plus the desired |
| additional number of children, was 6.9 for men and 6.2 for women. Among 1577 women with a live birth in the |
| preceding 36 months, the median duration was 17.7 months for breastfeeding, 10.0 months for amenorrhea, and 6.3 |
| months for abstinence. At the time of the survey, 9% of married men and 6% of married women were practicing |
| abstinence. Over 95% of respondents in 1988 knew at least 1 contraceptive method. In 1982, 73% of women knew a |
| method. 84% of married men and 77% of married women had ever used a traditional method, while 27% of married |
| men and 33% of married women had ever used a modern method. 6.7% of married men an 6.6% of married women |
| were currently using a modern method. 4.2% of married women reported using a modern method in 1982. 54% of |
| married men and 38% of married women reported using some method of preventing pregnancy at the time of the |
| survey, but most methods cited were less effective. Attitudes toward abortion were very negative, but 11% of men and |
| 10% of women reported having arranged for a abortion at least once. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 2512- |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Fertility and family planning, Kinshasa, 1988. [Fecondite et |
| planification familiale, Kinshasa, 1988.]", is(are) Makani B; Niwembo KL; Bertrand JT. The source of this article is |
| "Kinshasa, Zaire, Depte. de Sante Publique, 1991. xviii, 136, [37] p. USAID Contract No. DPE-3030-A-00-4051-00". |
| This article was published in 1991 in French language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 2512-06. All |
| rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 12512 |
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