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P Ranjani, K Jeyalakshmi, KA Sonia, Smitha Priya Rodrigues
Citation Information : Ranjani P, Jeyalakshmi K, Sonia K, Rodrigues SP. DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS INFLUENCING CONTRACEPTIVE USE. 2012; 3 (3):16-19.
DOI: 10.5958/jnt-3-3-16
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 01-12-2020
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2012; The Author(s).
The descriptive study was conducted to examine the influence of demographic factors on contraceptive use. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the adult female residing in Mangalore. Demographic proforma was used to collect the data. The data obtained were analyzed using chi-square statistics. The results indicated that received information about contraceptive, religion, no of children desired and income significantly associated with contraceptive use. The results further indicated that the age of the women, type of family, education, occupation, history of abortion, history of loss of child, husband age and age at marriage were not associated with contraceptive use. The study concludes that the contraceptive use is influenced by contraceptive information, religion, number of children desired and income.
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