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KMID : 0377619750280020193
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1975 Volume.28 No. 2 p.193 ~ p.208
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The Analysis for Some Factors Associated with Family Planning Practice in An Urban Area
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Abstract
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For the purpose of studying the attitude, experience, method, reason and some factors associated with family planning practice in an urban area, a study was conducted for 2 months, from july, 1972.
The interviewers visited 592 women, who have one or more children with questionnaire.
Major findings can be summerized as follows.
( I) Basic Characteristics of Women.
1) General characteristics of women.
Age: The 35.9 percent of women were 30 to 34 of age as the most proportion. And the average age at interview is 31.0 years.
Education: The women´s education level was high comparatively. The 54.7 percent of women graduated the high school at Ieast.
Standard of living: The 68.1 percent of women was middle class of living standard by speaking herself. It was high level comparatively.
2) Marriage and Delivery Status.
The average age at marriage and the duration of maternal lives were 23 years of age and 7.9 years.
The 57.4 percents of women had one or two childrens as the most proportion. The majority (57.1 percent) of women delivered last child at Ob-Gyn´s clinic and general hospital.
3) The Status of Family Planning Practice.
The 96.9 percents of women approved of the family planning. The 56.1 per-cents of women experienced the contraception practice. And the 41.9 percent& was answered at "is being practiced now". This is high comparatively. The 31.9° percents of women used the oral pill. And the 32.2 percents of women answered that reason at for having adequate number of children" as the most pro-portion.
The 31.1 percents of women practiced the contraception within 10 to 12 months after last child delivery.
(H) The relationstionship of approval for family planning and some factors.
The majority (98.9 percent) of group of age 35 to 39 years approved the family planning. The 99.3 percents of the middle school graduate group approved of the family planning.
In the opinion of surveyer, the group of high standard living approved it. (98.9 percent). And the group who have 3 or 4 childrens approved the family planning (98.4 percent) as the most proportion.
(III) The relationship of experience for family planning practice and some factors.
The 70.5 percents of the group 35 to 39 years of age experienced the contraception practice. The more age of women the higher rate of contraception experience.
The 65.0 percent of the college graduate group experienced the contraception. Therefore, the higher level of education, the higher rate of contraception experience. And the higher level of standard living, the higher rate of contraception experience.
Comparing with the number of living children and experience of the contraception practice, the 69.2 percent of group who have 3 or 4 childrens experienced the highest rate of practice. And the group of women who have only sons experienced higher than who have only daughters, the rate of the contraception practice comparing with the place of the last delivery shows;
The 51.8 percent of group who delivered at Ob-Gyn´s clinic and general hospital experienced the practice and the 50.5 percents of group who had home delivery experienced the practice.
(IV) The relationship of the methodof family planning practice and some factors..
As the highest rate, the most proportion of all age group practiced the oral pill method, especially the 32.8 percent of 25 to 29 years of age group had the most proportion.
In the 50 percent of women who graduated the elementary school or less; they practiced the oral pill as the most proportion.
And the 30.4. percent of the college graduate group practiced the condom. Therefore, the higher level of education; the high rate of condom used.
Comparing with the standard of living; the 33.9 percent of the group of highest standard living used the rhythm method. And the middle and low level of standard living used the oral pill.
Threrfore, it shows the higher level of living, the lower use of oral pill and IUD.
Comparing with the number of living children; the group of women who have 1 or 2 childrens, used the rhythm method (34.0 percent).
And the group of women who have only 1 or 2 daughters usd the oral pill (4G percent) as the most proportion.
(V) The relatioeship of the reason of the family planning practice and some factors.
As the reason of the contraception practice, all age group shows the reason as the "adequate number of children" especially the age group of 24 years emphasized this reason.
Comparing with the educational level elementary school (or less) graduate group answered the reason of practice as the "economical difficulty" (42.5 per-cent), and the middle school graduate group answered at "economical difficulty" (30.5 percent).
And the majority of high school graduate group and the college graduate group answered the reason as the "Adequate number of children".
Therefore, the higher level of education, higher rate of the reason of "Adequate number of children" and lower rate of "economical difficulty" comparing with the standard of living, "adequate number of children" was answered as the most proportion by the middle class (40.2 percent) and low class (33.0 percent) of living.
The 34.9 percent of group who delivered the last children at Ob. -Gyp´s clinic and general hospital answered the reason as "the adequate number of children".
And in the 28.2 percents of group who had home delivery answered at "economical difficulty."
(Vl) The relationship of the period of the contraception practice after last deli-very and some factors.
The 47.6 percent of group 25 to 29 years -of .age practiced the contraception with in 6 months after last delivery. It shows the high rate of early contraception practice, and the older age of women, the lower rate of contraception practice.
Comparing with the educational level; the 31.3 percent of elementary sch000l graduate group practiced the contraception within 6 months. And the middle school graduate group practiced 40 percents.
High school graduate and college graduate group was 42.2 percent and 51.6 percent individually.
Therefore, the higher level of education, the higher rate of early contraception practice, And the higher level of standard living, the higher rate of early contraception practice. And the 51.6 percents of women who have 1 or 2 child rens practiced the contraception within 6 months as the most 41.6 percents of women who delivered the last child at the Oproportion. Thc
b.-Gyn´s clinic and general hospital practiced the contraception within the 6 months after delivery.
(VII) The relationship of the number of induced abortion and some factors.
The 29. 7 percent (176 women) of all 592 women experienced the induced abortion.
Especially, 136 women experienced the one or two number of induced abortion as the most proportion. The 26. 3 percent of group 35 to 39 years of age experienced the one or two induced abortion.
Therefore, the older age of group, the higher number of induced abortion.
In the relationship of educational level and the number of the induced abortion, the 28. 9 percent of middle school graduate group experienced the one or two induced abortion as the most proportion.
Comparing with the Ievel of standard living, the 24.3 pereent of middle class group experienced the one or two induced abortion as the most proportion. And
the 30.3 percent of group of women who have three or four childrens experienced the 1 or 2 induced abortion.
The 23.4 percent of the women who delivered the Iast child at the Ob. -Gyn´s clinic and general hospital experienced the 1 or 2 number of induced abortion. This is higher than the group who had home delivery (21.3 percent).
But the 8. 5 percent of the women who had home delivery experienced three or more number of induced abortion.
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