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Characteristics and factors affecting contraceptive utilization in premarital sexual relationship among unmarried youths in rural Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Creator | Hnin Ei Lwin |
| Title | Characteristics and factors affecting contraceptive utilization in premarital sexual relationship among unmarried youths in rural Yangon, Myanmar |
| Contributor | Alessio Panza |
| Publisher | Chulalongkorn University Press |
| Publication Year | 2561 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Health Research |
| Journal Vol. | 32 |
| Journal No. | Suppl.1 |
| Page no. | S9 |
| Keyword | Contraceptive utilization, Unmarried youths, Premarital sexual relationship, Myanmar |
| URL Website | https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jhealthres/about |
| Website title | ThaiJo |
| ISSN | 2586-940X |
| Abstract | Purpose-Several studies showed premarital sexual intercourse among youths appears all regions around the world. The objective of this study was to assess the characteristics and factors affecting actual and intended contraceptive utilization in premarital sexual relationship among unmarried youths in rural Yangon, Myanmar. Design/methodology/approach-A quantitative cross sectional descriptive study was done with 270 unmarried youths with the age of 15-24 who are residing in a rural township of Yangon region. Data was collected by using combined interviewer-administered questionnaire and self-administered questionnaire between September and October 2017. In this study, modern contraceptive methods refer to oral contraceptive pills, injection, IUD, implant, emergency contraceptive pill, female condom, and male condom, and traditional methods refer to withdrawal and safe period.Findings -The finding showed 44% of sexually active unmarried youths used at least one modern contraceptive method in their latest sexual intercourse. Always use at least one modern method was only 17.6%. Besides, 44.8% of unmarried youths intended to use only modern method while 8.1% intended to use both modern and traditional contraceptive methods in the future. The final model of multiple logistic regression revealed that there was no association between any independent variables including all socio-demographic characteristics and actual use of contraception in the latest sexual intercourse and always use in the life-time. Intended use of contraception in the future showed significant positive associations with age group of respondents (p-value |
