Knowledge and Practice of Contraceptive Device in Limbu Women
Date
2018
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Faculty of Health Education
Abstract
The study on "Knowledge and Practice of Contraceptive Device in Limbu Women"
has been carried out using primary sources of data obtained from 110 households of the
currently married women aged 15-49 years. This study was conducted at Sagurigadi
Rural Municipality Dhankuta district in march 2018 The main objectives of the research
study is to examine the social, economic, and demographic condition and knowledge of
family planning methods of the currently married women, to evaluate current use of
family planning methods an utilization of family planning services ,to identify the barriers
to the utilization of family planning services on Hundred ten household were selected
from sampling and researcher collected the data from interview and analyzed
descriptively. At last, finding and conclusion has been drawn and research has
recommended and suggested the points. This thesis is structured into five pasts. Fist 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 data ,summary and findings, Fifty
part deals with conclusions and recommendations.
In this research, Most of the currently married women (71.9%) were literate whereas
28.1% percent were illiterate. Out of 110 respondents 48.9 percent have cash annual
income range between Rs.40001-10000 whereas nearly 28 percent have above Rs. 10001
and 23.3 percent have below Rs. 4000.The majority of women have one son (37.8%) and
two daughters (21.1%) but they desired on daughter and two sons (70% vs. 73.3).Out of
110 respondents, more than 43 percent had married at the age of 19-20 years, 30 percent
above 20 years and 27 percent had married before the 18 years. Among the currently
married women about 89 percent were familiar with at least one contraceptive method
which was less than national level. Out of 110 currently married women 52.5 percent
were ever users and 38.1 percent were current users for at least one contraceptives
method. There was positive relationship between current use of family planning method
and social-demographic factors like literate women, number of children ever born and
number of living son.
Among the 110 respondents, 10 women (11.1%) didn't have knowledge of family
planning methods, 34.4 percent women didn't use FP devices for wanting children, 24.5 percent didn't use because of husband's opposition, 31 percent didn't use because of fear
of side effects. The highest percent of FP methods user women were 47.6 percent who
have one living son and the lowest was 5 percent who have 3 and above living sons.
Similarly, 23.8 percent current user women faced different types of side effects of FP
methods. In this way the barriers to the utilization of family planning services are
concluded as lack of knowledge, wanting children, husband's opposition, fear of side
effect, number of living sons and notice of side effects.
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Contraceptive device, Limbu women