Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study

Wai, Myint Myint; Bjertness, Espen; Stigum, Hein; Htay, Thein Thein; Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan; Moe Myint, Aye Nyein; Sundby, Johanne

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Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study

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Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

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Aye Nyein Moe Myint

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Johanne Sundby

Ministry of Health and Sports, NayPyiTaw 15011, Myanmar

Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo, 0318 Oslo, Norway

Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(19), 3742; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193742

Received: 15 September 2019 / Revised: 30 September 2019 / Accepted: 1 October 2019 / Published: 4 October 2019

(This article belongs to the Collection Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health)

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Despite increasing contraceptive use and prevalence, many women who want to avoid or delay pregnancy are not using contraceptives. This results in unintended pregnancies, which increases the risk of unsafe abortions. This study aimed to explore the extent of the unmet need for family planning (FP) among urban and rural married women in Myanmar and their demand for and satisfaction with FP. A cross-sectional survey using adapted Demographic and Health surveys questions was conducted in south and north Yangon from September 2016 to November 2016. A total of 1100 currently married women of 18–49 years participated. The contraceptive prevalence was 67.2% in total, 63% urban, and 70% rural. About 19.4% (95% CI: 16.7%–22.4%) of the studied women had an unmet need for FP, significantly higher in urban than rural women (22.6% versus 16.6%). Rural women also showed significant lesser odds (adjusted OR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.461–0.849) of unmet need than the urban counterparts. About 86% of the women had demand for contraception and 77% of them satisfied their demand. The study population revealed a fairly good contraceptive coverage; however, a considerable proportion of women had an unmet need for FP, especially the urban women. The demand for contraception is increasing, and contraceptive services need to expand coverage to marginalized groups in order to reduce the risk of unsafe abortions. View Full-Text

Keywords: contraceptives; unmet need for family planning; demand; satisfaction; urban and rural women

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Wai, M.M.; Bjertness, E.; Stigum, H.; Htay, T.T.; Liabsuetrakul, T.; Moe Myint, A.N.; Sundby, J. Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3742. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193742

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Wai MM, Bjertness E, Stigum H, Htay TT, Liabsuetrakul T, Moe Myint AN, Sundby J. Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(19):3742. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193742

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Wai, Myint M., Espen Bjertness, Hein Stigum, Thein T. Htay, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Aye N. Moe Myint, and Johanne Sundby. 2019. "Unmet Need for Family Planning among Urban and Rural Married Women in Yangon Region, Myanmar—a Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19: 3742. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193742

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