Abstract
India was the first country in the world to formulate the national family planning programme in the year 1952 with the objective of “reducing the birth rate to the extent necessary to stabilize the population at a level consistent with requirement of national economy. The objective of this study was to study contraceptive use among married women of reproductive age group in Amritsar district of Punjab. A cross sectional study was conducted from May 2015 to April 2016. In the department of obstetrics and gynecology department of Government medical college and hospital, Amritsar among the married women in eligible couple group attending the hospital.
Sample size was calculated to be 200. Inclusion criteria was married couple with female in age group of 15 - 45 years, sexually active and who were willing to participate in this study. Maximum number of women i.e. 95% were between age of 15-34 yrs. Majority were Sikhs 67%, 32% were hindu and only 1% were Christians. 34% were from urban area and 66% were from Rural area. Maximum women were housewives i.e. 89.5%. 10.5% were working. 81% had heard about family planning. 64% were aware of contraception. 57% knew where to get contraceptives from. For 64.1% women the concept of family planning was having a small family. In 35.8% women had the concept of Birth spacing. In our study only 64% of population was aware about contraception. 86.7% were aware of oral pills, 97.6% were aware of condoms, 50.7% were aware of copper T 44.5% were aware of tubectomy, only 10.9% were aware of vasectomy.
Conclusion: Though overall acceptance of contraception over a decade has increased, the usage of pills and intra-uterine contraceptive devices has remained same. The rise in acceptance is mainly attributed to sharp rise in usage of male barrier contraception. Collective effort from the government, health care providers and society is needed. Educational and motivational activities from doctors and health workers are needed to promote the use of contraception.
Keywords: contraception, reproductive age group, family planning.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Surinder Kumar
Senior Resident, Department of Orthopedics, Government Medical College Amritsar, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.26
