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Dominant factors on selection of contraception toward new family planning acceptors in public health center area in Padang

Background The use of family planning or as known as KB in Indonesia from 1970 to 2017 has increased significantly. The most use of KB in non MKJP was injection 70% and pill 21%. The use of this method was very influential on the level of family planning continuity. Viewed from the 2012 SDKI, the dropout rate in the injection method was 40.7%. This phenomenon has contributed to the stagnation of the total fertility rate  and ultimately still impact to the high maternal mortality rate in Indonesia.

Methods This analytic study was conducted with a cross sectional approach. The populations in this study were all new family planning acceptors and samples of 114 people were taken by random sampling technique. The data collection was a questionnaire with data analysis using chi-square test.

Results More types of contraception were non MKJP (66.4%), more early adult age (60.8%), education level was more than half of low education (54.4%), and most of the mothers were unemployed (76.8). The parity were more than 1 and 2 children (52.8%), more contraceptive goals who did not want their children (60%), and the low support of their husbands was more than the high support of their husbands (55%). There was a relationship between age, education level, work status, parity, contraceptive goals, and husband support with the selection of contraceptive methods in new family planning acceptors.

Conclusions The dominant factor on selection of contraception toward new family planning acceptors was husband support.