Knowledge and Practice of Hormonal Contraception in Tharu Woman

Abstract

This is a field based study which is conducted to find out the knowledge and practice of hormonal contraception in Tharu women. 100 respondents(15-49 years) married Tharu women were selected.The main objective of the study is to identity the social economic factors that determine the use of family planning devices in the community to identify the knowledge and practice of hormonal family planning devices, to find out the failure rate of hormonal family planning devices and so on. Hundred households were selected from sampling and researcher collected the data from interview and analyzed descriptively. At last, finding and conclusion has been drawn and the research has recommended and suggested the points. This thesis is structured into five parts. First part deals with the introduction of the title and its theoretical ground. Second part reviews the related literature of the relevant work. Third part deals with the methodology of the study. Fourth part deals with analysis and interpretation of date.Fifty part deals with summary, finings,conclusions and recommendations. In this research, 46.09 percent was male and 53.90 percent was female population where 49 percent respondents were literate and 51 percent were illiterate. Fifty five percent respondents were involved in agriculture and the same percentage (55 percent) families were joint family. Similarly, 47 percent respondents had knowledge of hormonal contraceptive device 65 respondents were known about side effect about contraceptive device, 22 percent respondents were using Depo-Provera, 9 percent respondents were using Pills and 9 percent respondents were using Norplant where 29 percent respondents still not using any kinds of family planning devices. All Depo-Provera and Pills user respondents were unknown about function of Depo-Provera and Pills and hormone contained in both. Two percent failure rate of the hormonal contraceptive device was found in study area. Due to lack of education, lack of good job opportunity, low income, knowledge and awareness programme 25 percent respondents were found not using any kind of family planning device.So,the future population will be high and will create several problems like unemployment, poverty, lack of quality of life, lack of quality education and so on. Similarly, due to socio-cultural value, trust on hormonal contraceptive device and low status of women empowerment, all Norplant user respondents were not known about hormone contained in Norplant.