Unmet Need of Family Planning in a District of Western Uttar Pradesh

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作者：
Kaushal, Menaal [1 ]
Misra, Sunil Kumar [1 ]
Kaushal, Suneel Kumar [1 ]
Prakash, Gyan [1 ]
Kumar, Abhishek [1 ]
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[1] SN Med Coll & Hosp, Dept SPM, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
来源：
INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH | 2015年 / 27卷 / 02期
关键词：
Unmet Need; Family planning; Contraceptives; Contraceptive prevalence rate; Unmet Need of Limiting; Unmet Need of Spacing;
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Background: Despite great progress in the last decades, more than 120 million women worldwide want to prevent pregnancy but are not using contraceptives. Objective: To assess the prevalence of contraceptive use among the study group. To calculate the current unmet need of family planning Material& Methods: Community based, Cross-sectional study was done among 280 married women of reproductive age group residing in Agra City, using a standardized questionnaire to assess their fertility preferences & practices. Results: The Contraceptive Prevalence Rate is calculated as 45.4%. The unmet need of spacing is 21.0% and unmet need of limiting is 22.2%. Thus unmet need of family planning is 43.2%
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