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of c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06 am<strong>on</strong>g those exposedto televisi<strong>on</strong> was 1.39 (95%CI: 1.32 – 1.47) <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> am<strong>on</strong>gthose exposed to newspapers was 1.14 (95%CI: 1.05-1.23) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> comparis<strong>on</strong> to those not exposed to televisi<strong>on</strong> ornewspapers (see Table 6). The effect of newspapers <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> partreflected <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> effect of educati<strong>on</strong>, while televisi<strong>on</strong> is probablyeffective <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> all segments of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> society. Exposure to radiodid not seem to have a significant effect <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveuse.O<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r variables of <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>terestWhile <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use of c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> rural areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creasedfrom 37 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1992/93 to 53 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06,rural women rema<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed less likely to use c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> thanurban women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> all three years. However, this differencecould be expla<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ed by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> difference <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rcharacteristics. This is shown by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fact that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> oddsratio is nei<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r statistically significant <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1998/99 (0.98;95%CI: 0.91-1.05) nor <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06 (1.00; 95%CI: 0.93-1.08).Women who lived <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> n<strong>on</strong>-nuclear households wereless likely to use c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> than those who lived <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>nuclear households. However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds ratios were notstatistically significant. While women who were c<strong>on</strong>tactedby a family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g worker <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1998/99 were more likelyto use c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds ratio was not statisticallysignificant. In 2005/06, women who were c<strong>on</strong>tacted by ahealth worker were less likely to use c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> thanthose who were not <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds ratio was also significant.This c<strong>on</strong>tact, however, reflected c<strong>on</strong>tact for any healthproblem, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>clud<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> health of children.Regi<strong>on</strong>al differences <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveuseAs menti<strong>on</strong>ed previously, while <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> guidel<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>es for<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> services were uniform across states, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> actualimplementati<strong>on</strong> varied am<strong>on</strong>g states because of differences<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> availability of human resources, as well as issuesrelated to governance. These differences <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> serviceenvir<strong>on</strong>ments al<strong>on</strong>g with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> differences <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> socialsett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gs of states are manifested <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> state-level variati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>c<strong>on</strong>traceptive prevalence. For example, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> percentage ofcouples protected by c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1972/73 varied from7 per cent am<strong>on</strong>g states with a poor social sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> weakprogramme effort to 21 per cent am<strong>on</strong>g states with a goodsocial sett<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> str<strong>on</strong>g programme effort (Freedman <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>Berels<strong>on</strong>, 1976). These state-level differences c<strong>on</strong>t<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>uetoday.C<strong>on</strong>traceptive use <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1992/93 varied from about 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Uttar Pradesh to 63 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Kerala, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> from 34per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Bihar to 71 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> West Bengal <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06(for changes <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use am<strong>on</strong>g states over time,see Figure 3). In 1992/93, <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e state had c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveuse greater than 60 per cent; by 2005/06, this number<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased to 12 large <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> small states. Four of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> largeH<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>di-speak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g states <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn part of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> countryc<strong>on</strong>t<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ued to have lower use of c<strong>on</strong>tracepti<strong>on</strong> than states<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn part <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> many o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r large states. To study<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se variati<strong>on</strong>s fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r, we divided 29 Indian states <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>tofour regi<strong>on</strong>s: north 7 , south 8 , o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r large states 9 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> smallstates10. These groups c<strong>on</strong>sisted of about 40.8 per cent,21.8 per cent, 33.7 per cent, <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 3.7 per cent, respectively,of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> weighted sample of women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06 (see Table4).The c<strong>on</strong>traceptive gap between nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rnstates narrowed between 1992/93 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06. Am<strong>on</strong>gnor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states CPR <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased by approximately 18percentage po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ts, from 26 per cent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1992/933 to 44 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06 (see Table 5). A similar <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease of about14 percentage po<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ts dur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g this period was observed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states. Interest<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gly am<strong>on</strong>g all c<strong>on</strong>traceptiveusers <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> percentage sterilized decreased <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rnstates but <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>creased <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states over <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> threesurveys, <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dicat<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use of more permanent methods <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> south <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> more spac<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g methods <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north (Table5).Table 7 presents <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> crude <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> adjusted odds ratios ofc<strong>on</strong>traceptive use by regi<strong>on</strong>. The odds of c<strong>on</strong>traceptive useam<strong>on</strong>g women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r large states were not significantlydifferent than am<strong>on</strong>g those liv<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states.The odds of c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use am<strong>on</strong>g women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> small stateswere slightly lower than am<strong>on</strong>g women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states.The odds of c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use am<strong>on</strong>g women <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rnstates were lowest am<strong>on</strong>g all regi<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> all survey years.However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> gap between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> sou<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rnstates narrowed over time. This is <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dicated by an <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>crease<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> crude odds ratio for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north regi<strong>on</strong> from 0.332(95%CI: 0.310 – 0.355) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1992/93 to 0.425 (95%CI:0.396 – 0.455) <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06. Interest<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gly <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds ratio for<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north regi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2005/06 decreased slightly from 0.425(95%CI: 0.396 – 0.455) to 0.406 (95%CI: 0.373 – 0.442)after adjust<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g for each resp<strong>on</strong>dent’s demographic, social<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omic characteristics. While <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> difference between<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> crude <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> adjusted odds ratio was not significantstatistically, this unexpected result could <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dicate thatwomen <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn states have made greater progress <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>terms of c<strong>on</strong>traceptive use than what would be expected<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> basis of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir characteristics. This programme <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>occurred despite str<strong>on</strong>ger s<strong>on</strong> preference <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> northcompared with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> south.To assess which demographic, social <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> ec<strong>on</strong>omiccovariates are c<strong>on</strong>tribut<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g to this unexpected phenomen<strong>on</strong>,separate logistic models were run for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> north <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> southregi<strong>on</strong>s. Table 8 presents <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> odds ratios separately for141