Socio-medical factors affecting the utilization of different contraceptive methods at Al-Azhar rural family health clinic.

Abstract

"The present study aimed at assessing the patterns of contraceptive use by rural women. 1,781 married, sexually active women, were interviewed.... They were served by the Family Health Clinic in Tokh El-Karamos Centre in El-Sharkia Governorate [Egypt]. They were classified according to the type of contraceptive method used. There were statistically significant differences of method users according to the level of education, occupation, history of pregnancy wastage, time lag between last labour and administration, breast feeding, menstrual characters and the type of last method used."