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Effects of Social Barriers on the Contraceptive Useamong Males and Females in PNS-SHIFA HospitalKarachi
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Effects of Social Barriers on the Contraceptive Useamong Males and Females in PNS-SHIFA HospitalKarachi
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
ABSTRACT:Objective: To evaluate the social barrier that influence males and females for using contraception and to evaluate the associationof educational status and age with the use of contraceptives.Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at PNS SHIFA hospital, Bahria University Medical & DentalCollege (BUMDC) from 1st July 2015 till 1st September 2015. A predesigned questionnaire was used for the study. 350 participantswere included and sampling technique of non-probability convenient sampling was followed. Data was analyzed on SPSSversion 23.Results: Out of 96 males, 18 used contraceptives while in females out of 254 only 84 were using it. When assessed therelationship between education and contraceptive use, p-value for males was 0.026 which was highly significant whereas, infemales it was non-significant. The top most reasons among non-users were desire to have children, lack of knowledge in malesand in fe...
