Kabir M, Islam M A
Department of Statistics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
J Biosoc Sci. 2000 Jul;32(3):411-9. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000004119.
A sample of 871 currently married urban Bangladeshi women was used to assess the impact of mass media family planning programmes on current contraceptive use. The analyses suggested that radio had been playing a significant role in spreading family planning messages among eligible clients; 38% of women with access to a radio had heard of family planning messages while the figures for TV and newspaper were 18.5% and 8.5% respectively. Education, number of living children and current contraceptive use were important predictors of exposure to any mass media family planning messages. There was a negative relationship between breast-feeding and the current use of contraception indicating a low need for contraception among women who were breast-feeding.
对871名目前已婚的孟加拉国城市女性进行了抽样调查，以评估大众媒体计划生育项目对当前避孕措施使用情况的影响。分析表明，广播在向符合条件的受众传播计划生育信息方面发挥了重要作用；38%能收听广播的女性听说过计划生育信息，而通过电视和报纸听说过的女性比例分别为18.5%和8.5%。教育程度、存活子女数量和当前避孕措施的使用情况是接触任何大众媒体计划生育信息的重要预测因素。母乳喂养与当前避孕措施的使用之间存在负相关关系，这表明正在哺乳的女性对避孕的需求较低。
