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Article

Department

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Population growth remains an alarming concern for Pakistan as it not only exhausts scarce resources but further impedes socioeconomic development. One potential solution is to advance modern Family Planning (FP), which in the Pakistani context requires specific and rigorous attention towards male contraception in conjunction with female family planning usage. This study aims to determine the association between socio demographic factors and contraceptive use in married men of squatter settlement of Korangi Karachi.
Methods and Materials: A cross-sectional study was carried out from March, 2017 to June 2017, using a non-probability convenience sampling technique to select married men in squatter settlements of Korangi town district of Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 419 married men aged 20 and above having two or more children within 3 to5 years of marriage were interviewed.
Results: The average age of male respondents was 29.74 ± 4.66 years. The average age of males utilizing Family planning methods was 31 to 35 years. Nearly 95% of participants knew what FP was meant to accomplish, but only 44.6% of individuals used FP. The most popular FP technique was condoms (50.8%). Couples, who attained primary or secondary school education, used FP more frequently (p˂0.01). Financial difficulty was the most significant justification for adopting FP methods (46.5%). However, the main justification for not using contraceptive methods was deep religious values (50%). Nearly 64% of respondents agreed that the woman should use the contraceptive.
Conclusion: This study provides evidence of socio-demographic barriers related from low to non-use of male contraceptives in a select male sub-population of Pakistan. Cultural and religious considerations, lack of education, and fear of adverse effects were the major justifications for not using contraceptive methods.

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