Fertility determinants of farmers in Bangui, Ilocos Norte: implications to met needs and unmet needs for family planning

Date

4-2011

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Gloria Luz M. Nelson

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Abstract

The study aims to determine the direct and indirect determinants of fertility among farmers with met needs and unmet needs for family planning. One hundred forty (140) farming couples were systematically sampled from 14 barangays in Bangui, Ilocos Norte and were interviewed on their social and economic (farming as livelihood) characteristics including the use of family planning methods, age at marriage, and age at first birth. The characteristics of farming couples with met needs for family planning that were found to be significantly and positively related are as follows: age at marriage with educational attainment which is in turn related to family planning methods used which are: calendar method and ligation. Women‟s educational attainment is negatively related with actual number of children. Characteristics that were positively related to the number of children are the family planning methods such as lactational amenorrhea (LAM) method and ligation. Family planning methods like pills, injectables and calendar method are positively related to both religion and income. Among farming couples with unmet needs for family planning, the family planning methods use like calendar, pills, injectables, intrauterine device, and coital intercourse are positively related to annual income, total land area, tenure status, and educational attainment. Educational attainment of females, on the other hand, is negatively related to the number of children, which is in turn, positively related to age at marriage of females. The findings implies that farming couples with met needs for family planning are likely to be better educated and are likely to use both traditional and modern family planning methods. Although the farming couples with unmet needs for family planning use some forms of family planning methods, they have not met their desired number of children because of relatively low educational attainment and the female spouse age at marriage is younger compared to the farming couples with met needs for family planning. The findings of the study on fertility determinants of farmers show that the following determinants: educational attainment of women and the use of modern and traditional family planning methods are necessary to the met the desired number of children. Thus, the findings of the study stress the importance of education and the promotion of family planning methods as mandated in the proposed House Bill 5043 of the Reproductive Health Bill.

Language

English

Location

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