Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards family Planning: Ananalys is of Currently Married Badi Women of Reproductive Age(15-49) Years in Shreegaun Vdc, Dang

Abstract

This study aims to obtain knowledge, attitude and practice of family planningmethods among currently married Badiwomen aged 15-49 years in Badi Communityof Shreegaun VDC Dang. The contraceptive prevalence rate was found very low inDalits in Nepal. As Badis are also Dalits, the study mainly based on finding out thecurrent level of contraceptive use among them. This study has been carried out usingprimary data obtained field survey, 2010 AD. The specific objectives of this study area to analyze knowledge and use of familyplanning methods, to identify the reasons for use and non use of contraceptivemethods and tofind out the socio-economic and demographic determinants of the useof family planning methods. The total population size of research area is 365, composing male population 174 andfemale population 182. The average size of household is 5.9 and sex ratio is 95.6 perhundred females. The study covers all 52 households of Badis and all 66 women ofreproductive aged. The knowledge of family planning is almost universal in currently marriedreproductive aged women in study area. Among all respondents, 98.5 percent haveheard at least one of the method of family planning. Most of the respondents (98.5percent) have heard about pills and condoms. The main sources of family planning information of Badi women are Radio ( 89.3Percent) Friends ( 80.3 percent), neighbours (60.6 percent), television (6.06 percent )and news paper (3.03 percent), out of 66 respondents 50 percent had heard aboutfamily planning before their marriage, 40 percent had heard it after marriage and 9.3percent could not clearly said when they had heard about family planning . Out of all respondents, 93.94 percent had used contraceptives at least once and 63.6percent are found using any family planning methods currently. Among all currentlyusers 64.3 percent reported that they use contraceptive because it limits the births.Among all currently non users 25 percent are pregnant, next 25 percent husbands areabsent and 12.5 percent are feeding breast. The permanent methods of contraceptive isless likely than temporary methods.