A structural analysis of acceptors and non-acceptors of family planning in remote rural areas
Song, K.Y.
In'gu Pogon Nonjip 3(1): 35-47
1983
PMID: 12339138 Document Number: 251560
This study was carried out to evaluate family planning programs in terms of both the met and unmet needs of the population. Data utilized for this study are drawn from the 1981 Baseline Household Interview Survey in Remote Rural Areas for Evaluation of the Government--supported Community Health Practitioner Program. Data was collected during a 30-day period October-November 1981. A total of 4083 households were interviewed. Results are as follows. The met rate of need for family planning among currently married and fecund women ages 15-44 is 79%; as a result, the unmet rate remains at 21%. The unmet need for family planning is characterized by ages in the 30s (particularly ages 30-34), low education, and low socioeconomic status, and numerous children (3-4). The expected maximum level of family planning use rate/100 currently married and fecund women is estimated at 76.6% by use of 2 variables of woman's intention to become pregnant and contraception use. However, the actual level of family planning use rate is 60.6%, a gap of 16% between the expected maximum level and the actual level of use. Priority input of family planning effort should be placed on unmet need. Sterilization is recommended as a contraceptive method acceptable for women whose needs for family planning services are currently unmet and for those current users of rhythm and coitus interruptus in remote rural areas. (author's modified)