1Medical officer, CHC Trivediganj, Barabanki
2Professor Upgraded, C.S.M. Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
3Associate Professor, Upgraded, C.S.M. Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
4Assistant Professor (Statistics), Upgraded, Department of Community Medicine, C.S.M. Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
*Corresponding author: Andleeb Rizvi, Medical officer, CHC Trivediganj, Barabanki. Address- C-77, Butlar palace colony, jopling road, Lucknow-226001. E Mail - andleebrizvi@ymail.com
Online published on 13 January, 2015.
To assess the unmet needs of contraceptive practices and its determinants among married women in urban slums of Lucknow district.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study and thirty cluster sampling technique was used; thereby thirty urban slums were selected. About 600 married women of reproductive age group (15–49 years) were interviewed in the period of one year from August 2010 to July 2011. Data was collected through preformed and pretested schedule and analysis was done using SPSS 17.0 software.
The knowledge about contraceptives was in 99.2 percent women and about 57.2 percent women had met need, while 42.8 percent of women still had unmet need for contraception. It was found that the unmet need was highest (27.7%) in the age group 25–29 years and in those (16.5%) whose husbands’ aitude was indifferent towards contraceptive use. Most common reason stated by these women for unmet was low/no fertility (28.1%) followed by husband's opposition (16.5%).
Though knowledge of contraceptives among women residing in urban slums of Lucknow was good but contraceptive use was far lagging behind and also they have high unmet need. An important reason for the unmet need of contraceptive practices was husband's negative aitude towards contraceptive use, so to increase the use of contraceptive methods, it is imperative to develop a programme for changing husband's aitude.
Urban slums, Contraception, Unmet need
