Contraceptive Morbidity among Current Users of Modern Temporary Methods in India

Abstract

The past decade has seen an increasing concern on modern contraception methods for preventing unwanted pregnancy and to attain the desirable number of children. While, the use of contraception has certainly helped to achieve the desired family and many others, it has also increased the possibility of contraceptive morbidities. The District Level Household and Facility Survey, 2007-08 data have been utilized for this study. The study finding shows, women’s health problems such as weakness/inability to work, body ache/backache, abdominal pain, excessive bleeding, and irregular periods are significantly higher in the rural areas compared to their counterpart in urban areas. Furthermore, the result depicts that, while the use of temporary modern contraception methods is higher in an urban setting, the contraceptive morbidity is found to be higher in the rural setting. Use of temporary modern contraception methods is found to be highly associated with contraceptive morbidities. The results show that the educational level of women, their economic status and place of residence are statistically associated with contraceptive morbidity in India.