knowledge and use of contraceptive methods among tribal women: evidence from south-east rajasthan, India

This papers aims to examine the knowledge and use of contraceptives among tribal women and also to investigate the impact of spatial, socio-economic and demographic variables on the knowledge and use of contraceptive methods. This study is based on the primary data, collected from the 800 ever married tribal women of ten districts of South-East Rajasthan. SPSS 19.0 has been employed for the analyses purpose. Bivariate analysis reveals that knowledge of various contraceptive methods varies across the socio- cultural and economic strata. The logistic regression results reiterate that highly educated women and women belonging to urban areas, service class, rich wealth status and Mina tribe are more likely to use temporary methods of contraception than their counterpart women. The permanent method of contraception i.e. sterilization, irrespective of any socio-economic strata, is significantly associated with higher no. of children ever born and the age of the women.