title: Demographic assessment on vasectomy clients of Sankhuwasabha Nepal.
abstract: This paper presents the demographic status of vasectomy clients in Sankhuwasabha district in Eastern Nepal based on the 427 face-sheets taken at camps in district during 3 consecutive years. More than half (55.0%) of the clients were Brahmin and Chhetri. Major occupation of clients was agriculture (73.7%) with a literacy rate of 83.0%. Mean age of vasectomy clients and their wives was 32.5 and 28.7 years, respectively. Average number of children of a client was 3.2. Age of youngest male child was 4.7 years and youngest female child was 3.9 years. Of the total, 55.8% couples have had used temporary contraceptives before having vasectomy. As a part screening procedure, blood pressure of more than half clients (54.6%) was measured and found to be within normal range.
authors.affiliation: nrsubba@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nawaraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Subba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003268:Contraception Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D009790:Occupations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014659:Vasectomy