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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 62-69 |
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Determinants of emergency contraceptive pill use in Bangladesh: An analysis of national survey data
Md Rahman Mahfuzur1, Md Rashed Alam1, Md Arif Billah2
1 Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh
2 Department of Social Work and Counselling, Faculty of Business, Economic and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
Md Rahman Mahfuzur
Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205
Bangladesh
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2305-0500.341112
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Objective: To examine the determinants of emergency contraceptive pill use in Bangladesh.
Methods: Data for this cross-sectional study came from 2017-2018 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey. Characteristics of 906 reproductive age women who were potential candidates for using emergency contraceptive pill were analysed in this study. Data were analysed using univariate and multivariate analyses. Stepwise binary logistic regression was employed as multivariate analysis.
Results: Only 10.9% candidates were found to ever use emergency contraceptive pill. The odds of using emergency contraceptive pill for women visited by family planning field worker was significantly higher than that for those who were not visited by family planning field worker [odds ratio (OR) 1.94; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19–3.17; P=0.008], while the odds of using emergency contraceptive pill for women with high socioeconomic status was higher than that for those with low socioeconomic status (OR 3.10; 95% CI 1.61–5.97; P=0.001). Additionally, having some media access was linked to an increase in the odds of using emergency contraceptive pill (OR 3.01; 95% CI 1.33–6.83; P=0.008). Women empowerment related factors did not show any significant effect on emergency contraceptive pill use.
Conclusions: The findings indicate that family planning programme has a great opportunity of playing an important role in increasing emergency contraceptive pill use in Bangladesh by increasing the knowledge and awareness of women about emergency contraceptive pill. |
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