Role of maternal and child health services on the uptake of contraceptive use in India: A reproductive calendar approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the latest round of National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS (2015-16)) maternal and child health care (MCH) services improved drastically compared to NFHS-3. Previous studies have established that the uptake of MCH services increases the likelihood of early adoption of contraceptives among women. So, our study aims to examine if the early initiation of contraceptive has proportionately improved with the recent increase in MCH services.

Methods

This study used the reproductive calendar of NFHS-4, 2015-16, to evaluate contraceptive initiation within 12 months after the last birth among 1,36,962 currently married women in India. A complementary log-log regression model was created to examine the link between the time of initiation of contraception and MCH

SUBMITTER: Bansal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200305 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature