Knowledge about the risk period of conception -- a statistical study on lower middle class Indian women
Singh, G.
Indian Journal of Maternal and Child Health Official Publication of Indian Maternal and Child Health Association 8(2): 53-55
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0970-8928 PMID: 12292801 Document Number: 270639
Data were collected from 450 lower middle class women who came during 1992 for delivery at University Hospital, Banaras Hindu University, in a study to assess the level of awareness of reproductive-age lower middle class women with at least one child on the risk period of conception during the menstrual cycle. Knowing about the risk period of conception during the menstrual cycle can help women make decisions about pregnancy and contraceptive practices. The women were interviewed after their deliveries. 47.55% reported the beginning period of their menstrual cycle as the risk period of conception, 11.78% reported the middle period, 2.67% reported the end period, and 38% had no idea. Logistic regression analysis determined that the proportion of correctly informed women increased with increasing age, with women aged 30-34 years being comparatively more aware of such information.