The study aimed at examining the relationship between contraceptive use and fertility in
Western region, Uganda, using a sample of 1993 women from the Uganda Demographic
Health Survey of 2000-2001. Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) 2000-2001 is
the third survey conducted by the Ugandan Ministry of Health. Chi-square, Logistic
regression and multiple regression were used to test and determine factors contributing to
the high fertility levels and low contraceptive usage in the region.
Results show that the region has a total fertility rate of 6.4, and childbearing is not evenly
distributed among age groups. Fertility peaks at ages 20-29, and reduces sharply with
women in their late reproduction span. Contraception and fertility are inversely
correlated. Though knowledge on contraception is universal, contraceptive prevalence
remains low (95% and 16% respectively) among women of reproductive age. Family
planning approval is inversely related with contraceptive use. Findings reveal that
contraceptive prevalence plays minor role in explaining fertility levels as compared to
some socioeconomic factors. Education is significantly and inversely related with
fertility, but positively correlated with contraceptive use.
The government should revisit the population policy to actively promote family planning
activities by promoting and facilitating debates about family size, and the means to
achieve. Women education needs to be emphasized in order to promote innovative
reproductive behavior. More research to explore whether women are using contraception
for spacing rather than limiting is required.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/5795 |
| Date | 23 October 2008 |
| Creators | Ngyende, Angela |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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