PMID- 25673538
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150908
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 0971-5916 (Print)
IS  - 0975-9174 (Electronic)
IS  - 0971-5916 (Linking)
VI  - 140 Suppl
IP  - Suppl 1
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Use of traditional contraceptive methods in India & its socio-demographic 
      determinants.
PG  - S17-28
AB  - BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: The high use of traditional contraceptive methods may 
      have health repercussions on both partners. High failure rate, lack of protection 
      from sexually transmitted diseases are some of the examples of these 
      repercussions. The aim of this study was to understand the level, trends, 
      pattern, volume and socio-demographic determinants of using traditional 
      contraceptive methods in the Indian context. METHODS: Percentages, per cent 
      distribution, cross-tabulation and multinomial logistic regression analyses were 
      carried out. The data from the three rounds of National Family Health survey 
      (NFHS) were used. The unit level District Level Household Survey (2007-2008) were 
      mainly used to carry out the analysis in this paper. Marriage rates for States 
      and Union Territories (UTs) were projected for the period of 2001-2011 to 
      estimate the volume of traditional contraceptive users. These rates are required 
      to get the number of eligible couples as on 2011 in the respective State/UT. 
      RESULTS: The latest round of the District Level Household Survey (2007-2008) 
      revealed that 6.7 per cent currently married women were using traditional 
      contraceptive methods in India. More than half of the currently married women 
      (56%) have ever used these methods. In terms of socio-demographic determinants, 
      the odds ratios of using these methods were significantly higher for women aged 
      35 years and above, rural, Hindu, other than Scheduled Castes/Tribes (SCs/STs), 
      secondary and above educated, non-poor, having two plus living children, and at 
      least one surviving son in most of the states as well as at the national level. 
      The northeastern region showed higher odds ratios (5 times) of women using 
      traditional contraceptive methods than the southern region. INTERPRETATION & 
      CONCLUSIONS: A large number of currently married women have ever used the 
      traditional contraceptive methods in India. On the basis of the findings from 
      this study, the total size of those women who were using traditional methods and 
      those who were having unmet need, and are required to use modern spacing methods 
      of family planning in achieving the reproductive goals, is around 53 million. 
      Women from a set of specific socio-demographic backgrounds are more likely to use 
      these methods. A regional pattern has also emerged in use of tradition 
      contraceptive methods in India.
FAU - Ram, Faujdar
AU  - Ram F
AD  - International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India.
FAU - Shekhar, Chander
AU  - Shekhar C
FAU - Chowdhury, Biswabandita
AU  - Chowdhury B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Med Res
JT  - The Indian journal of medical research
JID - 0374701
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Contraception/*methods/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Demography
MH  - Educational Status
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Marriage/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
PMC - PMC4345748
EDAT- 2015/02/13 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/09 06:00
PMCR- 2014/11/01
CRDT- 2015/02/13 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/02/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IndianJMedRes_2014_140_7_17_151076 [pii]
AID - IJMR-140-17 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Med Res. 2014 Nov;140 Suppl(Suppl 1):S17-28.