Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
This two-page activity brief provides an overview of the Evidence Project’s Contraceptive Use Dynamics in India activity. Modern contraceptive use in India has steadily increased, but remains heavily skewed toward female sterilization. Use of modern spacing methods such as injectables, the pill, and the IUCD is low, and discontinuation rates are high. Achieving the goal of expanding the method mix by increasing reliance on modern spacing methods, as laid out in India’s FP2020 commitment, requires understanding and addressing the reasons for discontinuation and for method switching (or non-switching), from both the users’ and the providers’ perspective.
Recommended Citation
"Contraceptive use dynamics in India: Cohort study of modern spacing contraceptive users," Study brief. Washington, DC: Population Council, 2016.
DOI
10.31899/rh8.1054
Language
English
Project
The Evidence Project
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Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, International Public Health Commons