This work aimed at achieving two objectives; estimating unmet need for contraception and
analysing socio-economic factors that are associated with unmet need for contraception in
Mozambique. The 1997 Mozambique DHS data were used for this study. Both bivariate and
multivariate analyses were applied. The results show that in Mozambique, despite
considerable knowledge about modern methods of contraception, unmet need is 29.4 per cent.
The estimate among married women is 31.1 percent while among unmarried women is 25.2
percent. Unmet need for contraception is also found to be higher for spacing rather than for
limiting purposes. Variables like desired number of children, number of living children and
age of women are significant variables for both unmet need for spacing and for limiting.
Variables like number of dead children, place of residence and woman's occupation are
significant among women who have unmet need for limiting purposes, while for spacing are
more in religion. In order to address the issue of unmet need for contraception, planners and
other interested parties should aim at the strategies and policies that reach those women who
have unmet need for contraception especially women who are living in rural areas, women
aged 20-29 and those who are working. In addition, women and their partners must reduce the
negative factors that impede the use of contraception if they want to space or to limit their
family size. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/10450 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Machaúle, Fonseca Mário. |
| Contributors | Mturi, Akim. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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