FACTORS AFFECTING CONTRACEPTIVE USE IN GHANA
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 141-149
ISSN: 1469-7599
The relationships between selected demographic and socioeconomic
variables and current use status of contraception were examined using logistic
regression technique. Information on current contraceptive use was provided by
3156 out of 4488 currently married women aged 15–49 interviewed in the 1988
Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Respondents' approval of family planning
emerged as the most important predictor of current contraceptive use, followed
by discussion of family planning with partner and level of education. As a
policy measure, information, education and communication programmes on family
planning should be intensified, particularly in rural areas. Female education,
at least up to secondary level, should be given top priority.