Attitude, Willingness and Knowledge of Family Planning Amongst Male Construction Workers

Background: India is one of the worlds most populated countries in the world second only to China. For ensuring development stabilization of the population is critical. Construction workers are the backbone of the economy as they create the infrastructure necessary for industrial growth. The plight of migrant workers needs to be highlighted. They account for a sizable portion of the total population and education regarding health services pertaining to them, are deficient. Family planning is one such health service. Objective: To assess knowledge, attitude and practices of family planning methods in migrant male construction workers. Material and Methods: Present study conducted in construction sites in Pune city. Study period from August to October 2013. 354 male workers interviewed and information collected analyzed by SPSS Package version Results: 29% of the workers got married at an age lower than 20yrs., lower than Indian legal age of marriage. Inverse relationship between family size and literacy status with 48.5% of illiterates wanting a family size more than 3. 59% of the workers preferred male child. The awareness about vasectomy was 75.8% in the illiterates and only 9.5% were willing to undergo vasectomy. Conclusion: The study reflects that the group is more vulnerable and that stress is to be given to this group pertaining to education and promotion of Family planning methods with emphasis to vasectomy.