This study was carried out to determine the family planning methods
used by 15-49 year old women in the center of Susuz district of Kars province
and to determine the factors affecting method selection. The study's universe
consists of married women of 1369 females aged 15-49 living in Susuz provience
of Kars and who applied to the Susuz Integrated Family Health Center between
November and December 2016. The sample of the study consists of 214 women aged
between 15 and 49 who applied to the Susuz Integrated Family Health Center in
Susuz, Kars. The data of the study were collected through a personal information
form which included information on the socio-demographic and fertility
characteristics of the women, as well as information on the family planning and
use status. Data were evaluated using mean, standard deviation, percentile and
chi-square test. It was determined that 78.8 percent of the women with a mean
age of 32.13 ± 7.58 used modern and 21.2 percent of them used traditional
family planning method. The most common methods used by women are RIA (28.8 %),
withdrawal (25.0 %), and condom (24.4 %). There were statistically significant
correlations between the factors affecting the family planning method choices
of the women and knowledge level, education level, family type, working and
income status (p<0.05). As a result; 72.9 % of the women use the family
planning method and 78.8 % of the methods used are modern methods. In
traditional methods, withdrawal is the most common method (68.7 %) and most
commonly used method (25 %). As a result of the study, it may be suggested that
adequate training and counselling services should be provided to increase the
use of effective family planning method.
family planning family planning methods choice of method 15-49 age.
Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 29 Aralık 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 1 Aralık 2017 |
Kabul Tarihi | 25 Ocak 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 |