Study of Contraceptive Use and Its Determinants in Married Women of Reproductive Age Group in Urban Slum Area of Maharashtra, India

This chapter aimed to determined the contraceptive use and its determinants in married women of reproductive age group in urban slum area of maharashtra, India. The contraceptive behaviour of the population in reproductive age group has got an important role to play in deciding the population size of a particular country. There are many factors which decides the contraceptive behaviour of males and females. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in slum area catered by Urban Health Training centre under Dept of Community Medicine of Solapur city, Maharashtra, India. Total 420 married women aged between 15 to 45 years participated in the study. Information was collected by pre-designed, pretested proforma by interview method. The use of contraceptives in married women is higher as compared to the findings of NFHS-3. Use of spacing methods are low. There is huge knowledge application gap between awareness and use of contraception.