Knowledge
of Family Planning Methods
The knowledge
of family planning methods is universal in
India, with over 99 percent women reporting
knowledge of one method or the other.
However knowledge of all modern methods is
only 49%. The proportion of women knowing
all the modern methods (males and female
sterilisation, IUD, oral pills and condom)
varied from about 2 percent in Meghalaya to
80 percent in Himachal Pradesh.
According to
DLHS (2003-04), around 53 percent of
currently married women age 15-44 use any
method of family planning in India, but a
majority of them have adopted a permanent
method of family planning (35 percent). The
findings from the survey suggest that unmet
need for family planning still remains high
in some regions. The ranking and mapping of
districts by contraceptive prevalence rate
helps to focus the programme more
effectively in the districts where
contraceptive prevalence is low.
The Couple
Protection Rate according to the Ranking and
Mapping of Distrits (Based on Socio-economic
and Development Indicators) study done by
International Institute for Population
Sciences, Mumbai for the Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare and National Commission
on Population shows that the bottom 100
districts in rank belong to the states of
Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar (29 out of the
total 37 districts of the state), Uttar
Pradesh and Northeastern states (see
table)
|
|
|
 |
| Unplanned
Pregnancies and Abortions |
-
21%
pregnancies are unplanned,
contributing-6.5 million
induced abortions every
year.
-
Timely
use of emergency
contraceptive pills can
avert pregnancies.
-
Emergency
contraceptive pills are
included in the National
family Planning Programme.
This
is not widely known.
|
|
|
|
)
)