Contraception Family Planning Use and Attitudes

Factors related to autonomy and discontinuation of use of natural family planning for women in Liberia and Zambia

Kambic RT, Gray RH

Published December 1991 American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
DOI 10.1016/s0002-9378(11)90582-1 PMID 1755471

Abstract

From 1983 to 1988, natural family planning programs were conducted in Liberia and Zambia. In Liberia 1055 and in Zambia 2709 women used natural family planning to avoid pregnancy. These users could become pregnant, discontinue use of the method, or become autonomous users. Women who changed intention did not stop use of natural family planning and were not treated as discontinuations. In a multivariate analysis, client's age, breastfeeding status, employment, urban/rural residence, time of registration in the program, and visit intensity were significantly associated with the outcomes. The most consistent association was that women who entered the programs in the later time periods were more likely to become autonomous users and less likely to discontinue use of the method or to experience an accidental pregnancy.

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PMID 1755471 1755471 DOI 10.1016/s0002-9378(11)90582-1 10.1016/s0002-9378(11)90582-1 Kambic et al. 1991, Kambic 1991