Differential contraceptive use among the slum and non slum dwellers a study of hyderabad city india
Jayarani Reddy, P.
Health and Population Perspectives and Issues 7(2): 115-128
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-6803 Document Number: 407847
This paper examines the prevalence of contraceptive use among the slum and non-slum dwellers of Hyderabad city and also the effect of a few selected socio-economic and demographic variables on their contraceptive behaviour. The percentage of current contraceptive users was double among the non-slum dwellers as compared with the slum dwellers. Terminal methods were more popular than those of spacing, particularly among the slum dwellers favouring largely tubal ligation. Herbal methods were also practised by the slum dwellers for permanent birth control and their percentage was equal to the vasectomy operations undergone by them. The specific socio-economic and demographic variables cross-tabulated with contraceptive behaviour are: present age, duration of marriage, living sons and socio-economic status. Each of these variables has got strong positive relationship with current use of contraceptives. The present investigation demonstrated that a moderate rise in socio-economic status results in a substantial increase in the practice of contraceptives by both the groups. The use of contraceptives was very low among the slum dwellers having no son or only one son, which is because of their strong son preference. These findings have important implications for the promotion of family planning program, particularly among the slum dwellers.