Attitude and Practice of Family Planning Methods among Women in selected Rural Areas, Sonitpur, Asam.

ABSTRACT: Background: Family planning methods is an approach to avoid unplanned pregnancies, promote small family and to regulate the birth spacing. Therefore, adopting family planning methods is essential for managing population size. Aim: To assess the attitude and practice of family planning methods among women in selected rural areas, Sonitpur , Assam. Methodology: A total 208 samples were selected by multistage sampling technique by using interview methods with the help of self-structure questionnaire. Results: Results showed that majority of women 116 (55.77%) subjects had Moderately favorable attitude followed by 48(23.08%) had Unfavorable attitude and 44(21.15%) had Favorable attitude regarding family planning methods with an average mean score 34.02 and SD 6.02 and also majority 86 (41.35%) subjects had poor practice followed by 83 (39.90%) had average practice and 39 (16.35%) had good practice with an average mean score 5.62 and SD 5.10.There is a significant association between attitude of family planning methods among women with the education, occupation, types of family, monthly family income, no. of child, previous knowledge regarding family planning methods, source of information, duration of marriage, size of family at 0.05 level of significant. There is moderately positive correlation between attitude and practice among the women. Conclusion: Study concluded that despite women's neutral attitude toward family planning technologies, their contraceptive behavior is poor. Women’s understanding of family planning methods is often clouded by misconception such as IUCD can perforate the uterus, children are gifts of God.