Women Migration Status, Health and the Use of Family Planning Services: A Case Study in Three Woredas of Tigray
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1999-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In this study 269 women are included. 163 females were migrants and 106 were non-migrants.
This is a study made on a secondary data. The data source for the study is the migration and
health survey of Tigray region. The data were collected in the months of July and August of
1998. The main objective of this study is to investigate how women migration influences their
health conditions and use of contraception. In addition, it has an objective of identifYing the
important demographic and socioeconomic factors influencing health and the use of family
planning services of both the migrants and non-migrants ..
Descriptive method and logistic regression are used in the analysis part of the study.
The health conditions and use of contraceptives of the migrants and non-migrants are
compared. In addition, the different demographic and socioeconomic factors that influence the
health conditions and use of family planning services are identified. The result is that the
migrants are healthier than the non-migrants. The migrants are also better users affamily
planning services than the non-migrants. 15.67% of the females in the reproductive age lise
contraception. By migration status, 19.2% of the migrants and 10.8% of the non-migrants use
family planning services. There is a wide gap between the knowledge and use of FP services
especially among the non-migrants.
Most of the migrants explained that life after migration is better than life before
migration. The improvements are mainly observed in employment status, hygiene, and
availability of pure drinking water. For most of the migrants, life after migration is either the
same or better than what they expected. The result of the logistic regression showed that
migration is the key variable influencing the health condition of the females. Different
socioeconomic and demographic factors influence the health condition as well as the use offamily planning services. Such factors and the net influence of each factor is well studied. The
use of contraception of the females is strongly influenced by their educational levels. But, the
influence of education in FP use is higher for migrants than for non-migrants. The influence of
these factors and other variables are also studied by migration status. Based on the study
results, conclusions and recommendations are made.
Accordingly, it is concluded that migration is a very important demographic factor
which influences not only the size of the population, but also the health status and use of FP
services. In addition, the demographic and socioeconomic factors which influence the health
conditions as well as use of FP services differ by migration status.
It is also recommended that all development projects and policies have /0 take
migration in to account especially the social sector such as the health aspects and the use of FP
services. In addition both the migrants and non-migrants have to be well informed the factors
influencing their health conditions as well as use of FP services.
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Health and the Use of, Family Planning Services