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THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMMES ON CURRENT USE OF CONTRACEPTION IN URBAN BANGLADESH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2000

M. KABIR  and
M. AMIRUL ISLAM
M. KABIR
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M. AMIRUL ISLAM
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Abstract

A sample of 871 currently married urban Bangladeshi women was used to assess the impact of mass media family planning programmes on current contraceptive use. The analyses suggested that radio had been playing a significant role in spreading family planning messages among eligible clients; 38% of women with access to a radio had heard of family planning messages while the figures for TV and newspaper were 18·5% and 8·5% respectively. Education, number of living children and current contraceptive use were important predictors of exposure to any mass media family planning messages. There was a negative relationship between breast-feeding and the current use of contraception indicating a low need for contraception among women who were breast-feeding.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 411 - 419
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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