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A Survey of Papua New Guinean Parturients at the Port Moresby General Hospital: Family Planning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Cecil A. Klufio ,
Apeawusu B. Amoa  and
Grace Kariwiga
Cecil A. Klufio
Affiliation:
Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko
Apeawusu B. Amoa
Affiliation:
Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea
Grace Kariwiga
Affiliation:
Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Port Moresby General Hospital, Papua New Guinea
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Summary

A survey of 673 consecutive Papua New Guinean parturients at the Port Moresby General Hospital, in May and June 1990, showed that 28% had ever used a family planning (FP) method, chiefly a hormonal method (93% of ever-users). Only seventeen of 239 (7·1%) nulliparae had ever used an FP method, compared with 170 of 434 (39·2%) parous subjects. Education of mother and of husband were independently and significantly associated with FP ever-use. Seventeen (4·9%) of 347 women who had a surviving child, had not breast-fed the child. The interval between the birth of the surviving child and the start of the index pregnancy was significantly associated with the duration of breast-feeding; the longer the duration of breast-feeding, the longer the inter birth interval.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 11 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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