Abstract

Various types of methods for contraception are being used in Bangladesh. This study has been made to know the usage pattern of these methods among the ever-married women living both in rural and urban areas. Data were drawn from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey , 2004. The study was executed separately for rural and urban areas, excluding those women who are currently pregnant. The results show that the contraceptive prevalence rate is still lower in rural areas than the urban areas of Bangladesh. Condoms are more popular among the urban respondents than the rural respondents. IUDs, male stabilizations and Norplant are the least commonly used methods both among the rural and urban respondents. About 10% of the respondents are using traditional methods. Finally, the paper provides some additional suggestive policy measures that the planners and implementers may take proper initiatives to increase CPR and the country may reach the target of MDGs by the year 2015