title: Acceptance of long-term contraceptive methods and its related factors among the eligible couples in a selected union.
abstract: This study focuses on the acceptance of long-term contraceptive methods and its related factors among the eligible couples in the rural area of Bangladesh. Among the respondents sixty were acceptors and one hundred seventy were non-acceptors of long-term contraceptive methods. Socio-demographic characteristics of the both acceptors and non-acceptors of long-term contraceptive methods were same except their age. Acceptors of long-term contraceptive method were older than the non-acceptors. Regarding the reproductive characteristics acceptors were married for longer time than non-acceptors. There was significant association between acceptance of long-term method and number of male children and desired additional children. Acceptors had more living male children and desired less additional children than non-acceptors. Regarding reasons for acceptance 35% accepted the method because the methods are long-term and safe while 30% accepted because the methods well suited them and 18% because accepted don't need to take daily like pills. Main cause for not accepting long-term methods fear of side-effects (22%) lack of proper knowledge about the methods (21%) followed by husbands objection (12%), desire for more children (10%) and health reasons (8%).
authors.affiliation: Deptt of Epidemiology, NIPSOM, Dhaka.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nayer
authors.forename: S F U
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Akter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Luci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001459:Bangladesh; D003267:Contraception / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors