The Effect of Quality Family Planning Services on Contraceptive Switching Behavior in Indonesia

The success of family planning (FP) program is measured not only by the improvement of contraceptive prevalence but also by the effectiveness and duration of contraceptive use. Therefore, in the future FP program needs to be focused in supporting couples in order to sustain contraceptive use through its good quality of FP services. Good quality of FP services also makes the risk of unwanted pregnancy lower as couples will be more devoted to practice a specific contraceptive method correctly.
This research uses the data of the 2007 IDHS calendar data by employing a random-effect logistic regression model. The objective is to study the influence of FP services quality and other socioeconomic and demographic factors on switching contraceptive behavior in Indonesia.
The multivariate analysis results show that the quality of FP services which consists of informed choice and FP officer’s visit significantly influence the possibility of FP acceptor to switch their contraceptive method. The result of this research also supports the previous researches that socio economic and demography factors significantly influence the possibility of FP acceptor to switch their contraceptive method.