ArticleJournal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India2020
Revisiting Post-Sterilization Regret in India.
Article in Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The state of postpartum contraceptive use in India: descriptive lessons from nationally representative survey data.Reproductive health · 2025Article
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aimThis study analyses the socio-demographic characteristics associated with post-sterilization regret. STUDY
designThe study uses cross-sectional data from the fourth round of National Family Health Surveys (2015-2016).
methodsSimple bivariate and binary logistic regressions analyses were used.
resultsResearch shows that 7% of women aged 15-49 reported sterilization regret, which increased by 2% from 2005 to 2016. It was found that factors significantly associated with sterilization regret were years since sterilization, child loss experience, regions of residence, and quality of services. Women who got sterilized at the age of 30 or more were more likely to express regret, than women who were sterilised before 25 years of age, when adjusted for confounding variables (aO.R= 1.006). Women having sons were less likely to report sterilization regret than women who had only daughters (aO.R.=1.3 for each) but on the contrary women having both son and daughter are significantly less likely to express regret in comparison with women having only sons (aO.R. = 0.8 for each. Women who had experienced child loss had higher odds of reporting sterilization regret in rural (aO.R =1.2) as well as in urban (aO.R = 1.3) areas respectively, compared to those who did not experience any child loss.
conclusionWomen need to be counselled about the permanent nature of sterilization in order to avoid future regret as sterilization is largely dominated by socio-economic conditions. Thus, couples' decision-making towards using the contraceptive from the basket of choice would help in uplifting the social and cultural status of women in conservative societies and will have a positive effect on contraceptive use. In addition, efforts should be made to educate both the partners equally about contraceptive methods that have higher efficiency. Further, there is also a need to improve the quality of services, both in terms of counselling and service provision. Lastly, health-related policies should tackle disparities in the empowerment, and economic status of women that would result in decreased post-sterilization regret, and will improve sexual relationships following sterilization.
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