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Contraceptive method change among rural Sri Lankan women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

Amy Ong Tsui ,
Shyam Thapa ,
David Hamill  and
Victor de Silva
Amy Ong Tsui
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Shyam Thapa
Affiliation:
Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
David Hamill
Affiliation:
Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Victor de Silva
Affiliation:
Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo
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Summary

Patterns of contraceptive method change and their association with reproductive motivation and contraceptive failure are examined using data from a 1986 survey of family planning behaviour of rural Sinhalese married women aged 15–44 in seventeen districts of Sri Lanka. A notable degree of rationality in contraceptive method changes occurs with family formation. The attempt to control unwanted fertility leads to more efficacious use of contraception, including traditional methods. Some methodological improvements to the analysis of contraceptive switching are indicated. Implications of the findings for programmatic emphasis on permanent versus non-permanent modern methods are discussed.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , supplement S11: Dynamics of Contraceptive Use , 1989 , pp. 133 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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