Spousal communication and contraceptive use in rural Nepal: an event history analysis.

Emerging challenges in family planning programme in Nepal.

Family planning is a priority program of the Government of Nepal. Despite political instability in the last two decades, Nepal has achieved remarkable progress in the overall status of reproductive health, including family planning. Married women of reproductive age have been increasingly using contraceptive from 1980s to 2006. However, Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2011 has shown unexpected ...

Effect of spousal communication on use of contraceptives among rural women of Bnagladesh

Determinants of Intrauterine Contraceptive Device Use Among the Women of Urban Areas of Nepal

Several studies done in other countries revealed that factors like education, place of residence, culture, religion, literacy, occupation, income, reproductive intention, spousal communication and service related factors influence women’s behavior to use IUCD.8-16 Studies had shown that the reason for non-use is the fear of side effects.17,18 However, studies from Nepal did not provide adequate...

Spousal Separation and Interpretation of Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need in Rural Nepal

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 46 three months. The corresponding figures from the 2006 DHS were 82% and 0.2%, respectively. Such self-reports may be subject to social desirability bias, but these results do suggest very little risk of unintended pregnancy during periods of spousal separation. Beyond differences in need for family planning relating to coital freque...

Spousal Separation and Interpretation of Contraceptive Use and Unmet Need in Rural Nepal

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 46 three months. The corresponding figures from the 2006 DHS were 82% and 0.2%, respectively. Such self-reports may be subject to social desirability bias, but these results do suggest very little risk of unintended pregnancy during periods of spousal separation. Beyond differences in need for family planning relating to coital freque...