A study to explore the determinants in adoption of modern methods of family planning among married women residing in urban and rural areas of nagaur district rajasthan with view to develop an interventional package

Abstract

Family planning is not confined to only birth control or contraception. It is important as whole for the improvement of the family s economic condition and for better health of the mother and her children. First of all, family planning highlights the importance of spacing births, at least 2 years apart from one another. According to many researches, giving birth within a gap of more than 5 years or less than 2 years has a seriously affect the health of both the mother and the child. Aim of the study: : A study to explore the determinants in adoption of modern methods of family planning among married women residing in urban and rural areas of Nagaur district, Rajasthan with view to develop an interventional package. Karl Pearson s coefficient correlation was used to compute the correlation coefficient between knowledge and attitude of married women regarding modern methods of family planning. The r was found to be 0.72. Hence a positive correlation was found between knowledge and attitude scores of married women. The calculated p value at 5% level of significance was Plt 0.0023, which shows that the significant correlation was found between knowledge and attitude of married women regarding modern methods of family planning.A significant association was found between socio demographic factors and attitude regarding modern contraceptive methods. Hence the hypothesis: There will be significant association between attitude of urban and rural married women about modern family planning methods with their selected demographic variables was accepted. newline