Contraception widely known

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34131, 19 April 1976, Page 5

Contraception widely known

There is widespread knowledge of contraception and contraception' services are adequate to meet the demands placed on them at present, according to a survey conducted by the management services and research unit of the Department of Health in the Hutt Valley last; year. The survey was based on information supplied by 863 women between the ages of 20 and 45. The main purpose of the survey was to collect data relating to knowledge, and use of contraception, at-' ( titudes to ideal family sizer and pregnancy planning. I The survey showed there/ was widespread knowledge of;' the pill, although less effic- ’ lent methods were known to' many. It showed that those wanting to delay or prevent births were particularly knowledge- 1 able, and few of them were I not using some form of con- i traception. Non-use reflected 1 differing attitudes to the tim- 1 mg of births rather than ignorance of the availability | of efficient forms of con- I traception. I The percentage of couples!:

reported to have used the jpill was 67, the percentage ■ who had used the condom was 21. 15.8 per cent used the cap, 15.6 per cent 1.U.D., 9.2 per cent used the rhythm method. 5 per cent used foam, 4.9 per cent used withdrawal as a form of contraception, 3.9 per cent the injection method, and one per cent used abstinence.