Fertility Preferences And Contraceptive Practices Among Currently Married Women In Jimma Raaree Woreda
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2007-07
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
Data on fertility preferences are useful as an indicator or general attitudes
towards child bearing- and of the possible future course of fertility. The study
intends to explore the fertility intentions and contraceptive practices of currently
married women in Jimma Raaree woreda. To this end a community based crosssectional
study was made. A multistage sampling procedure was carried out to
interview 422 women in the study area.
The study is designed in such away that the vanous demographic and
socioeconomic variables have an effect on fertility preferences and contrac.e ptive
practices. The independent variables are therefore demographic and socio
economIc variables and the dependent variables are fertility preferences and
contraceptive practices. In order to examine then the effect of these variables,
the study utilizes both bi-variate and multivariate analytical techniques.
The result of logistic regression suggests that among the demographic
variables, both women's age and number of living children; and among SOClO
economic variables, place of residence/women's education, work status and
exposure to mass media are found out to be significantly affecting fertility
preferences and contractive practices.
It is therefore recommended that raising the status of women through education
activity, providing women with a permanent income, promoting communication
between couples is of prime importance to erode cultural barriers to contraceptive
use and reduce fertility
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Among Currently Married Women