Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow E-letters: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (10)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kamal, N.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kamal, N.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Health Policy and Planning; 15(1): 43-51
© Oxford University Press 2000

The influence of husbands on contraceptive use by Bangladeshi women

Nashid Kamal

School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

This study uses the 1993–94 Bangladesh DHS to evaluate the effect of the woman’s perception of her husband’s approval of family planning on her current and future use of modern contraception, after controlling for selected socioeconomic and demographic factors. While most husbands support family planning, contraceptive use among those whose husbands do not approve of family planning is much lower. In some areas of Bangladesh, however, husband’s disapproval of family planning is still a major deterrent factor for woman’s fertility control. As husband’s approval does appear to be a major determinant of contraceptive uptake in similar developing countries in the region, more effective male targeting may be necessary for maintaining the success of the family planning programme in future.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Health Educ BehavHome page
B. T. T. Ha, R. Jayasuriya, and N. Owen
Predictors of Men's Acceptance of Modern Contraceptive Practice: Study in Rural Vietnam
Health Educ Behav, December 1, 2005; 32(6): 738 - 750.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Health Educ ResHome page
B. T. T. Ha, R. Jayasuriya, and N. Owen
Male involvement in family planning in rural Vietnam: an application of the Transtheoretical Model
Health Educ. Res., April 1, 2003; 18(2): 171 - 180.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.