CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE AND USE－EFFECTIVENESS OF MARRIED WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF SHAANXI PROVINCE

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CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE AND USE-EFFECTIVENESS OF MARRIED WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF SHAANXI PROVINCE

In order to study women's fertility and behavior in shaanxi Province, we used PPS method to sample Weinan, Nanzheng and Yan'an counties which represent the centre, south and north of Shaanxi respectively from February to March in 1990. 3253 qualified married women of reproductive age were available. Because contraception is one of the most imPOrtant proximate determinants in inhibiting fertility, we just measured contraceptive prevalence and use-effectiveness among different subgroups in this dissertation. The results indicated that the prevalence rate of contraception was 75. 9 %, prevalence of different contraceptive methods varied widely: it was 43. 5% in IUD, 27. 7% in women'sterilization, 2. 0% in pill, 1.9% in men's sterilization, 0. 2% in condom and 0. 7 % in other methods, The average use-effectiveness of three methods was 0. 9965 for sterilization,0. 8792 for IUD and 0. 8520 for other methods and total average use-effectiveness was 0. 9251.