Family planning in Isparta, Turkey
Abstract
Family planning practices were reported by 491 married women, aged 15-49, who applied to the Family Planning Centre in Isparta, Turkey. Eighty-four percent of the women used contraception, the IUD being used most frequently. Almost half of the women married before age 18 years.; This study determines family planning practices among a sample of urban women who attended a maternal-child health/family planning center in Isparta, Turkey. Data were obtained from 491 married women, 15-49 years old, who attended the only Mother and Child Care and Family Planning Center in Isparta during May-November 1994. All women in the sample were Muslim, and 79.4% were 20-34 years old. 10% were illiterate, and 66% had a primary education. 10% had completed high school. 4% had a university education. Over 90% were housewives. 6% were blue collar workers. 31% had only 1 child. 8% had no children. 84% of women used a method of contraception. 55.6% relied on the IUD, 10.4% relied on the condom, 15% relied on withdrawal, 1.6% used oral contraceptives, and 1.4% relied on breast feeding. 15.9% were noncontraceptors. The family planning center encouraged use of methods with a low failure rate. Among women who married at age 15 or younger, 31.8% were uneducated and 68.2% had a primary education. Among women married at aged 16-18 years, 16.6% of contraceptors were uneducated, 71.7% were women with primary schooling, 5.4% had secondary schooling, and 2.0% had a university degree. 10.4% of contraceptors were uneducated women. 68.2% of contraceptors were primary educated women. 7% of contraceptors had a secondary school education, and 4% had a university degree. Contraceptive usage in Isparta is an estimated 63%, which is higher than in the rest of Turkey. The high contraceptive use is attributed to easy access to child and maternal health care and family planning.
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Keywords
Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Contraception , Family Planning Services , Female , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Humans , Marriage , Middle Aged , Questionnaires , Turkey , Urban Population , Women , Turkey , Asia , Contraception , Contraceptive Usage , Currently Married--women , Demographic Factors , Developing Countries , Family Planning , Family Planning Surveys , Marital Status , Mediterranean Countries , Nuptiality , Population , Population Characteristics , Research Report , Turkey , Urban Population--women , Western Asia , oral contraceptive agent , family planning , married women , adolescent , adult , article , condom , contraception , family planning , female , human , human experiment , intrauterine contraceptive device , marriage , normal human , population research , questionnaire , turkey (republic)