Susuman, Sathiya (PhD)Teshome, Begashaw2018-07-262023-11-182018-07-262023-11-182007-07http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/10073Data 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 fertilityenAmong Currently Married WomenThesis