The effect of community-based reproductive health communication interventions on contraceptive use among young married couples in Bihar, India
Daniel,E.E.; RekhaMasilamani; Rahman,M.
International Family Planning Perspectives: 4, 189-197
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0190-3187 DOI: 10.2307/27642886Document Number: 561543
CONTEXT: Contraceptive use among young couples in India is low, and early childbearing and short birth intervals are common. The PRACHAR Project, an ongoing intervention in Bihar, seeks to increase contraceptive use for delaying and spacing births through communication interventions. METHODS: Random samples of married women younger than 25 with no more than one child were surveyed in 2002-2003, before PRACHAR was implemented (N=1,995), and in 2004, 21-27 months after implementation (N=2,080).