Factors Influencing Continuation of Iud Use in South India

Evidence From a Multivariate Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID24077846
AuthorsP N Mari Bhat, Shiva S Halli (0000-0001-5449-6281, University of Manitoba)
Year1998
Volume30
Issue3
Pages297-319
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Biosocial Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9320 • E-ISSN: 1469-7599
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021932098002971
PMID9746830
OpenAlexW2147563368
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This paper studies the correlates of IUD continuation, particularly in relation to quality of service provided in Karnataka, South India, by using a discrete-time logit model. Provision of follow-up services had a moderate influence on continuation, and medical check-up at insertion influenced the experience of side effects. But these effects were trivial in comparison with the overriding influence of motivational variables and of reported side effects. The IUD is retained for a limited duration in rural India where it is used mainly as a spacing device by lowly motivated young women who discontinue the method at the slightest feeling of discomfort or abnormality. If the IUD were recommended to older women for limiting childbearing by emphasizing its reversibility, it would enhance the method's popularity and improve the levels of contraceptive use among younger women.

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