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Contraceptive use patterns in Matlab, Bangladesh: insights from a 1984 survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Mehrab Ali Khan ,
Caroline Smith ,
Jalaluddin Akbar  and
Michael A. Koenig
Mehrab Ali Khan
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Caroline Smith
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jalaluddin Akbar
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Michael A. Koenig
Affiliation:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Summary

An experimental maternal and child health and family planning programme has been in existence in Matlab for almost 10 years. During this time the project has achieved remarkable success in the area of family planning. Based upon a 1984 survey, this study examines the pattern of contraceptive use in the Matlab treatment area, and contrasts it with the regular government programme in the neighbouring comparison area. Important differences between the two areas are observed, with the treatment area characterized by substantially higher levels of current contraceptive use, greater reliance upon temporary methods for birth spacing and, among acceptors of sterilization, more prior experimentation with other methods. In the comparison area lower rates of contraceptive use are observed, with heavy reliance upon tubectomy for limiting family size. The findings suggest that an intensive and innovative family planning programme in rural Bangladesh can achieve success not only in terms of contraceptive prevalence, but can also attract users interested in child spacing and others wanting to limit their family size, by offering the widest range of contraceptive methods.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 47 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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