Unmet Need for Family Planning methods among slum and non slum dwellers in India

The concept of unmet need points to the gap between some women’s reproductive intensions and their contraceptive behaviour. It is a challenge to family planning programmes, to reach and serve these millions of women. It is imperative to understand the determinants of family planning practice for the people who are living in slum. The objectives of this study is to estimate the prevalence of unmet need for Family Planning among currently married women of reproductive age and determinants of unmet need for Family Planning residing at urban slums in India. This study utilizes the third round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3); first time has collected data from statistically representative of slums in India. Bivariate, Pearson’s chi-square test and multivariate techniques has been used to understand the unmet need for family planning among currently married women living in slums and non slums. The prevalence of unmet need for Family Planning was found to be 12.6 recent in slum and 6.3 percent in non-slum respectively. The significant association of unmet for family planning in non-slum was lower compare to slum areas. One an important result was found non-nuclear family had more unmet need for family planning as compare to nuclear family.