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This study presents the main reasons for currently not using contraceptives given by currently in-union, nonpregnant women 15-44 years of age in three Asian countries (Bangladesh, Korea, and Thailand) and three Latin American countries (Barbados, Colombia, and Costa Rica). Desire for next child, side effects or health reasons, and temporary infecundity were the most commonly given reasons for current nonuse. In Korea, Thailand, and Barbados, there is little or no disapproval of contraceptives, but in the other countries there is an appreciable amount. Variations in the reasons given by selected socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the respondents are examined. Among these characteristics, age of the women, number of living children, and ever use of family planning methods are generally the most powerful discriminators of the main reason for nonuse.
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PIP: This study presents the main reasons for currently not using contraceptives given by currently in-union, nonpregnant women 15-44 years of age in 3 Asian countries (Bangladesh, Korea and Thailand) and 3 Latin American countries (Barbados, Colombia and Costa Rica). Desire for next child, side effects or health reasons, and temporary infecundity were the most commonly given reasons for current nonuse. In Korea, Thailand and Barbados, there is little or no disapproval of contraceptives, but in the other countries there is an appreciable amount. Variations in the reaons given by selected socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the respondents are examined. Among these characteristics, age of women, number of living children, and ever use of family planning methods are generally the most powerful discriminators of the main reason for nonuse. In Bangladesh, the desire for a next child is the most common reason for nonuse of contraceptives. Temporary infecundity is the most common reason for nonuse in Korea, Barbados and Colombia. In Thailand, side effects/health reasons was the main reason for nonuse. The variations in the main reason for nonuse by differences in characteristics of the women could plausibly be related to or influenced by their characteristics, that is number of living children, age, family planning practice, education, husband's education and urban-rural residence. The results presented in this paper probably highlight the need for ascertaining the reasons for nonuse of contraceptives in a more in-depth fashion and the factors that determine those reasons.
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