Longitudinal examination of young married women's fertility and family planning intentions and how they relate to subsequent family planning use in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examines which fertility and family planning (FP) intentions are related to subsequent FP use in a sample of young, married women in India.

Design

We use 3-year longitudinal data from married women ages 15-19 in 2015-2016 (wave 1) who are not using contraception to examine factors associated with any use of FP in 2018-2019 (wave 2).

Setting

Data were collected in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India.

Participants

A representative sample of 4893 young married women ages 15-19 was surveyed in 2015-2016 and 4000 of them were found and interviewed 3 years later. This analysis focused on the 3614 young women who were not using FP at wave 1.

Primary outcomes

This study examines FP use at wave 2 as the main outcome variable.

Res

SUBMITTER: Speizer IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310155 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature