Acceptability of Contraceptives in Young Couples

People'sviewsofcontraceptivesaffecttheiracceptabilityofthecontraceptivesdirectly.Ingeneral,peopleshouldbewillingtouseamethodfirst,andtheymaythenconsiderusingit.Atpresent,thereareovertencontraceptivemethodswhichcanbeused,butonlysomeofthemarehighineffectivenessandlowincontraceptivefailure.Amongthem,oralcontraceptivepillshavegeneral'lybeenconsideredasahighlyeffectivemethod,ifusedcorrectlyl'].Intrauterinedevice(IUD)isalsoaneffectiveandconvenientmethodrecommendedbymanyfamilyplanninginstitutionsan…

Acceptability of Contraceptives in Young Couples

Based on the data from the survey of 7826 young couples in two districts of shanghai, we analyzed the acceptability of oral pill, IUD, condom and injection in women. The results showed that 63.4% of subjects were unwilling to use pill and 5.7% were unwilling to use injection, mainly for the reasons that the pill was "harmful to health" and the "cause of obesity", 8.7% of subjects were unwilling to use IUD, mainly for the reasons of the "cause of menorrhagia or spotting" and "being easy to fail", 6.2% of subjects were unwilling to use condom, mainly for the reasons of "interference with intercourse" and "inconvenience in use". The most important source of getting the information was "heard from person's talking".Simple variate and Logistic analysis showed that women's age at marriage, education, occupation, contraceptive knowledge score, history of using the contraceptives,some women's traits etc. affected the acceptability of the contraceptives. The study implies that it is necessary to strengthen provision of contraceptive knowledge for young couples and to make them have correct understanding of the side effects of contraceptives for improving family planning program.