Knowledge about contraceptive use remains poor among tribal women in Kerala’s Wayanad district, according to a study.
About 2,500 women in the reproductive age group of 15-49 years were part of the survey carried out by a team of experts from Amrita Hospital here. They mainly belonged to Paniya, Kurichiyar, Adiya, and Kattunaicken communities. The contraceptive use was only 26.4% compared to the State average of 53%. Knowledge about contraceptive use was poor among more than half of the women (53%), as per the study published in the BMJ Open Journal on April 12.
