Use-pattern of oral contraceptive in rural Bangladesh: a case study of Sulla
Chowdhury, F.I.; Chowdhury, A.M.R.
Research Report Series, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (26, New Series): 52
1978
DOI: 10.2307/40794237Document Number: 442927
The data employed in this study refer to a project area in rural Bangladesh. The area includes 200 villages scattered over 160 square miles. The total population is 130,000 the majority (70%) of whom are engaged in agriculture. The study deals with women who use oral contraceptives, their characteristics, their reasons for accepting and their contraceptive behaviour. The analysis reveals that those women who are educated or whose husbands are educated make better users of oral contraceptives.