Determinant Factors That Influence the Use of Family Planning Among Eligible Couples in Rural Amhara: the Case of Bahir Dar Zuria Woreda
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2001-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Rapid population growth is one of the major hindrances of societal development, which in most
cases obse/ved in developing countries. Resource shortage, high rate of unemployment, high
burden of dependency ratio, environmental degradation, etc, and an overall deterioration of the
quality of life are sOllie of the outcomes of rapid population growth. Due to this governments of
lIIany developing nations are unable to meet the social and economic needs of their people.
In order to avoid problems caused by population growth, practicing of fclll1ily planning is one of the
1II0S/ papillar con/rolling methods used as a remedy. Limiting the number of children at household
level is a first step to be taken that requires educating and encouraging rural eligible couples to
have a Sill all family size. A cross-sectional survey was conducted all 140 couples, 70 currently
users and 70 currently non-users in ten rural Kebeles using multi-stage stratify and random
sampling techniques and the study was conducted to identify the influential factors for the use
and non-use of modem contraceptives.
Fac/ors identified as determinants were age of males, age during first marriage of females,
education level of females, economic status of couples, knowledge about modem contraceptives
and al/itude of couples, desired number of children of males, reasons given by males to have
1II0re children, decision making role of males and sex preference of children of couples.
Providing consecutive education all fcUl1ily planning that enable to bring attitudinal and
behavioral c/wnges of the rural couples would be much helpjitl to improve the pe/forl/wnce of
falll it)! planning and thereby couples would have small family size, which is the main strategy to
curb the rapid population growth that contributes to the achievement of development.