Factors Related to the Unmet Need for Family Planning in Married Women of Childbearing Age in West Nusa Tenggara Province

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10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

unmet need, family planning, married women, childbearing age

Abstract

Based on the data from Demographic and Health Survey 2017, family planning unmet needs in married women aged 15-49 as much as 11%. The proportion of unmet need in Indonesia is not in line with the case of unmet need in West Nusa Tenggara province which is equal to 15.6%. The aim of this research is to determine the factors associated with the incidence of unmet need for family planning in married women of childbearing age in West Nusa Tenggara. This research uses cross-sectional study design. The study also uses secondary data from the Demographic and Health Survey of 2017. The population in the study is entire married women of childbearing aged 15-49 in West Nusa Tenggara. The sample in this study aged 15-49 years that established by level and sample as many as 498 samples. Sampling method of this study is multistage stratified sampling. The research variables include independent variables which are age, parity, education, knowledge, access to health care, area of residence, and income, and including the dependent variable which is the case of unmet need. Analysis of data using univariate and bivariate analysis with chi square test with 95% confidence level. Characteristics identification of women of childbearing age in West Nusa Tenggara province obtained a no-risk age category (70.1%), not at risk (95.6%), secondary education (54.4%), gain easy access to health services (63.3%), had knowledge of the use of any contraceptive (64.5%), most of women of childbearing age in urban areas (51%), and are on a low income level (31.1%). There was a significant correlation between the case of unmet need knowledge with family planning on married women of childbearing age in West Nusa Tenggara (0.000> 0.05). There is no significant relationship between age, parity, education, access to health services, residential areas and income with the unmet need for family planning in married women of childbearing age in West Nusa Tenggara Province.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Aulia Amini
AU  - Indriyani Makmun
AU  - Ana Pujianti Harahap
AU  - Catur Esty Pamungkas
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/27
TI  - Factors Related to the Unmet Need for Family Planning in Married Women of Childbearing Age in West Nusa Tenggara Province
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health and Medical Sciences (AHMS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 6
EP  - 9
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.002
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.210127.002
ID  - Amini2021
ER  -