title: Family planning among women in urban and rural areas in Serbia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Family planning is an important aspect of population policy at the state level, because the demographic trends in Serbia are very unfavorable.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to examine the differences in family planning between the women in rural and urban areas of Serbia.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study represents the secondary analysis of the National Health Survey of the population in Serbia from 2006, which was conducted as a cross sectional study, on a representative sample of the population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The respondents who used condoms as a method of contraception, were often younger, better educated, had better financial status, lived in Vojvodina, and had no children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study showed that there were differences in terms of family planning between the women of urban and rural areas, however, these differences could be explained by differences in age and education.
authors: High Medical School of Professional Studies in Cuprija, Cuprija, Serbia. Ijantic_vms@hotmail.com
authors: Ljiljana
authors: L
authors: Antić
authors: Institute for Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors: Bosiljka
authors: B
authors: Djikanović
authors: Institute for Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors: Dejana
authors: D
authors: Vuković
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055771:Serbia; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult