Current contraception among programme beneficiaries
Mahmud, S.
Bangladesh Development Studies 19(3): 35-61
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-095X PMID: 12317339 DOI: 10.2307/40795406Document Number: 326530
Data were derived from the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) conducted in 1989 on women's status and fertility and from 4 programs for employment generation among poor women. Approximately half of the total sample of 1990 was participating in the programs, and the other half was not. The age range was 10-50 years, and participants had similar socioeconomic backgrounds. The final sample was 1390 owing to restrictions to currently married, non-pregnant women. Bivariate relationships between the use of contraception and sociodemographic variables indicated for those 20 years old contraceptive is was 12.8% versus 64% in those aged 30-39. 87% of contraceptives used were modern methods. Traditional method use by an average of 6.2% occurred among women over 30 years old, those with 3 children or more, and those married 15 years or more. Contraceptive use was 47.5% among uneducated women versus 61.3% among those with 6 years of schooling. Employment also increased use except when work duration exceeded 9 years. Women with low mobility had a use rate of 45.9% versus the 71% rate of high mobility females. Multivariate analysis indicated a 12% variation in use caused my marital duration, current age, and number of living sons. It was 35.7% for women 20 years old. Marital duration of under 5 years produced a 17% use rate versus a 60% rate at 15 years or more of marriage. Use rate was 57.9% with 2 living sons: the rate declined with 3 or more. Status factors of schooling (48% had no education, and 61% had 6 years + education), income, duration of employment, and place of work also increased use rates to around 50% except for work exceeding 10 years (32.9%). This contraceptive prevalence rate of members and nonmembers of government programs for employment generation exceeded the national rate of 31% and these data have implications for rural development and fertility programs.