Reproductive health among women in Pondicherry: A rural and urban comparison study
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: India was the first country to start a nationwide family welfare programme in 1952. Later, Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme gave importance to contraceptive coverage; though high fertility rate remained consistent over the years and vary in different parts of India. Objective: To study the reproductive health status and contraceptive usage among married women in rural and urban Pondicherry. Material and methods: The present community based cross-sectional study was conducted during Jan-June, 2014 in both rural and urban areas of Pondicherry. A 30-cluster sampling technique was adopted to collect information from total 360 married women - 120 urban and 240 rural (estimated urban: rural population ratio in the study area). The respondents were interviewed by trained interviewers using a pre-tested proforma. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics. Results: The mean ages of marriage for rural and urban women were 19.93±2.58 and 22.22±3.35years respectively. Tubectomy was most preferred method among rural and urban women, followed by oral contraceptive pills. Among non-users, primary reason for nonadoption of any of the contraceptive methods was intend to have another child in near future. Urban women (30.83%) were more aware about emergency contraceptive method than rural women (7.92%). The differences were found to be statistically significant (p <0.001). Conclusion: Present study revealed that, urban women in Pondicherry enjoys better reproductive health compared to their rural counterparts; and also have better contraceptive coverage compared to married women in rural areas.
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Shib Sekhar Datta, Abhijit V Boratne, Rajkumar Patil
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