Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Respondents were further asked whether or not it was acceptable to them for information to beprovided on the radio about five specific family planning methods: the pill, condoms, injection, the IUD, andfemale sterilization. As shown in Table 4.29, almost all ever-married women (95 percent) indicated that itwas acceptable to have information on the radio about at least one of the five methods, and more than threequarters(77 percent) felt that way about all five methods. Older women, rural residents, women with noeducation, and women in Chittagong Division were less likely than other women to approve of disseminationof information about methods through the radio.Table 4.29 Acceptability of media messages on family planningPercent distribution of ever-married women age 10-49 by acceptability of havingmessages on the radio about the pill, condom, injection, IUD or sterilization,according to age and selected background characteristics. Bangladesh 1993-94AcceptabilityAcceptable NotAcceptable for at acceptable NumberBackground for all least any ofcharacteristic methods one method Total womenAge10-14 77.9 94.5 5.5 100,0 14515-19 76.8 96.0 4.0 100.0 127120-24 79.2 96.4 3.6 100.0 203325-29 77.9 96.1 3.9 100.0 201230-34 79.2 94.8 5.2 100,0 145635-39 77.5 93.6 6.3 100,0 119740-44 73.7 91.7 8.2 100,0 87145-49 69.5 88.4 11.6 10O,0 655ResidenceUrban 81.2 96.3 3.7 100.0 1108Rural 76.7 94.5 5.5 100.0 8532DivisionBarisal 83.4 95.6 4.4 100.0 606Chitlagong 68.8 90.5 9,5 100,0 2527Dhaka 78.2 96.0 4.0 100.0 2963Khulna 81.7 96.4 3.6 100.0 1217Rajshahi 81.1 96.6 3.4 100,0 2326EducationNo education 72.7 92.8 7.2 100.0 5598Primary incomplete 79.6 96.7 3.3 100.0 1681Primary complete 85.1 97.3 2.7 100.0 921Secondary/Higher 86.8 98.1 1.9 100.0 1439Total 77.2 94.7 5.3 100.0 96404.15 Family Planning Outreach ServicesThe Bangladesh family planning program is known throughout the world for the coverage of its fieldworker operations. Some 35,000 village-level field workers---supported by both govemment and nongovernmentalorganizations---visit couples in their homes to provide contraceptive information and supplies.This approach was necessitated by the fact that many women are restricted by custom to their homes or the67