Contraceptive method switch and discontinuation among women migrants in Indonesia

Type Journal Article - Population, Space and Place
Title Contraceptive method switch and discontinuation among women migrants in Indonesia
Author(s)
Volume 15
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 267-276
URL http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093095250.html
Abstract
Using the 2000 wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS3), this study attempts to examine the relationship between migration and contraceptive method switch and discontinuation in Indonesia. The major conclusion from the multinomial logistic regression is that repeated migrants are more likely than one-time migrants to discontinue use of the same method. However, the differentials in the likelihood of discontinuing use of the same method among women migrants is eliminated after controlling for the quality of health centre/family planning programme and the degree of infrastructure development in a community. The results of this study will contribute important foundational knowledge about the extent of contraceptive use dynamics by women of different migration experiences in Indonesia. This knowledge will provide guidance to policymakers to employ effective means to incorporate migration and issues that are sensitive to women migrants in their family planning and reproductive health programmes.