Descriptive Analysis of Unmet Need Women

Abstract

The increase in contraception use in countries with high fertility rates can prevent about 40% of all maternal deaths and improve child survival. Knowledge, health education, education level, attitude, husband and family support, previous family planning failure, service quality, and socio-cultural factors influence many unmet needs. This study aims to identify the characteristics, level of knowledge, attitudes, intentions, subjective norms, self-efficacy, and behavior of women of childbearing age couples with unmet needs. The study was conducted at 4,869 unmet need couples. The determination of 369 samples was carried out using the Slovin formula. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire whose validity and reliability was tested using Pearson's product-moment method. The collected data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS 17.00 for Windows. One hundred ninety-six respondents (46.3%) aged 20-35, 233 respondents (63.1%) were mothers of 2, and 196 respondents (53.1%) were respondents with low knowledge. 55% of respondents have a negative attitude towards contraception, 54.2% have little intention to use contraception, 50.4% have low self-efficacy against contraception, 53.9% have small normative sufficiency, and 42.5% have bad behavior. Couples of childbearing age with little knowledge, low subjective norms, low intention and self-efficacy, and negative attitudes tend to negatively respond to contraceptives. Keywords— childbearing age couples, women, family planning, unmet need