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3. Irvan!Afriandi,!dr.,!Dr.!PH
Department of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran
Jalan Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km. 21
Jatinangor, Sumedang, Indonesia
Telepon: +62 81320395588
Email: irvan.afriandi@gmail.com
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Abstract
Background. Contraception use among couples of childbearing age is an
important part of family planning. Gender differences on family planning are
shown by lack of male participants in contraception use. Studies showed that
perception is one of the factors that influence ones participation in various
subjects. In this study, knowledge and perception level between males and
females among couples of childbearing age were compared to see whether there
were significant differences between the two.
Method. A quantitative cross-sectional analytic survey was conducted using an
interviewer-administered questionnaire on knowledge and perception about
contraception. 154 respondents or 77 couples of childbearing age were recruited
to participate from 12 villages in Jatinangor district, Sumedang, with multistage
sampling method from September-November 2014. Analysis of knowledge and
perception levels was done with SPSS Statistical 20.
Results. Contraception use among females was high (74.02% from total female
respondents, 37.01% from total respondents) while use among males was
considerably lower, only 2.59% from total male respondents or 1.29% from total
respondents. Mean knowledge and perception scores were higher in females as
compared to the males. Certain differences between males and females are noted
(Knowledge on IUD p<0.001, Perception on Tubal Ligation p=0.004).
Conclusion. There were significant differences on knowledge and perceptions
between male and female respondents regarding IUD and tubal ligation. No other
significant differences were found for other contraception.
Keywords. Contraception, Gender, Knowledge, Perception
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Abstrak
Latar Belakang. Penggunaan alat kontrasepsi di kalangan pasangan usia subur
adalah bagian penting dalam program keluarga berencana. Ketimpangan gender
dalam program keluarga berencana ditunjukkan oleh rendahnya partisipasi pria
dalam penggunaan alat kontrasepsi. Penelitian menunjukkan persepsi adalah salah
satu faktor yang mempengaruhi partisipasi seseorang dalam berbagai kegiatan.
Dalam penelitian ini, pengetahuan dan persepsi pria dan wanita mengenai alat
kontrasepsi di kalangan pasangan usia subur dibandingkan untuk melihat adanya
perbedaan yang signifikan diantara keduanya!!
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Metode, Survei analitik kuantitatif potong lintang dilaksanakan dengan kuesioner
tentang pengetahuan dan persepsi mengenai alat kontrasepsi. Sampel sebanyak
154 responden atau 77 pasangan usia subur diperoleh dari 12 desa di kecamatan
Jatinangor, Sumedang, dengan metode sampling gugus bertahap pada SeptemberNovember 2014. Analisa pengetahuan dan persepsi dilakukan dengan
menggunakan SPSS Statistical 20.
Hasil. Tingkat penggunaan alat kontrasepsi pada wanita tinggi (74.02% dari total
responden wanita, 37.01% dari total responden) sedangkan tingkat penggunaan
pada pria lebih rendah, hanya 2.59% dari total responden pria atau 1.29% dari
total responden. Rata-rata nilai pengetahuan dan persepsi lebih tinggi pada wanita
dibandingkan dengan pria. Perbedaan pada nilai antara pria dan wanita terlihat
pada pengetahuan mengenai IUD (p<0.001) dan persepsi mengenai MOW
(p=0.004).
Simpulan. Terdapat perbedaan signifikan pada pengetahuan dan persepsi pada
pria dan wanita mengenai IUD dan MOW. Tidak ditemukan adanya perbedaan
signifikan untuk kontrasepsi lainnya.
Kata Kunci, Kontrasepsi, Gender, Pengetahuan, Persepsi
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Background
Family planning in Indonesia is taken into account by Badan Kependudukan dan
Keluarga Berencana Nasional (BKKBN). Originally, family planning was
directed more on demographical aspect with focus on decreasing fertility and
population rate. However, ever since International Conference on Population and
Development (ICPD) 1994 took place, there was a change of paradigm in family
planning, focusing more on reproductive rights and gender equality1.
Contraception is expected to be used both by male and female spouses of
couple of childbearing age. Ideally, the use of contraception should be a shared
responsibility2. However, as reported by BKKBN Bandung and Unit Pelaksana
Teknis Badan Keluarga Berencana (UPTB KB) Jatinangor, contraception use was
still dominated by female participants3. This condition highlighted the fact that
there were gender differences regarding contraception use.
Gender differences in contraception use is furthermore elaborated in other
studies. One study discussed that one of the reason there was lack of male
contraception use is because there is a tradition or habit in the community to
delegate the task of family planning to the women4. A previous study also showed
gender bias in terms of contraception use among couples of childbearing age. One
of the factors discussed in the study was gender ideology, in which contraception
use is regarded as one of womens roles in the community5. These gender
discrepancies cause inequalities in terms of reproductive rights and health,
especially for women. An increase of participation in contraception use by men is
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necessary to elevate reproductive health both in women and men, gender equality,
and subsequently, increased quality of contraception providers6.
Knowledge is related to perception. Better understanding of certain
subjects would cause people to have more readiness to accept it. This notion is
often referred to as perceptual set. Basically, it is the tendency to perceive or
notice some aspects of the available sense data and ignore others. Liew summed
up that knowledge is a mixture of data and information acquired by an individual,
involves the belief and experiences of the individual and strongly tied to ones
action7.
Meanwhile, perception is the process by which organism interpret and
organize sensation to produce a meaningful experience of the world8. In other
words, perception is defined as an act of being aware of ones environment, which
denotes an individuals ability to understand. Thus, perception explains why
certain person acts or behaves in a different way from other person and interprets
stimuli differently although it was experienced similarly9. Studies showed that
perception is one of the factors that influence ones participation in various
subjects10, 11. Thus, it can be inferred that higher level of participation is related to
higher level of knowledge and overall better perception.
The aim of the study presented in this article was to compare knowledge
about and perceptions of contraception between males and females among couples
of childbearing age in Jatinangor, Sumedang, to see whether there were
significant differences between the two.
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Methods
This study was designed as a cross sectional, observational survey. The Health
Research Ethics Committee Universitas Padjadjaran approved this study in
September 5th, 2014 (No. 285/UN6.C2.1.2/KEPK/PN/2014). Before the
questionnaires were given, a written informed consent form regarding the method,
purpose, and meaning of this survey was provided to the respondents. If the
respondents wished to take part in the survey, they were asked to affix their
signatures on the page. Written informed consent forms were obtained from all
respondents prior to the investigation.
Sampling strategy
12 administrative zones were each selected out of the 12 villages in Jatinangor
district, Sumedang from September to October 2014. One community was
randomly selected from each zone. Subjects were randomly recruited from each
community. Respondents following the research was up to 166 individuals, or 83
couples of childbearing age; with 77 couples fulfilled inclusion criteria, passing
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Statistical methods
A questionnaire, prepared in the Indonesian language, was administered to each
study participant after previously validated using statistical software SPSS version
20, with a total of 58 questions on knowledge and 70 questions on perceptions.
This questionnaire sought to obtain information on socio-demographic
characteristics, knowledge and perceptions on various contraception. Knowledge
was scored with Guttman scale while perception was scored with Likert scale.
To test the statistical significance between groups, Wilcoxon signed-rank
test was used for measurement variables and chi-square test was used for
categorical variables. The inclusion P value was 0.05. Statistical software SPSS
version 20 was utilized to perform the statistical analyses.
Results
Table 1 shows the demographic of the respondents. A total of 77 couples or 154
respondents were examined. The majority of male respondents age was 36-49
years old, while the females was mostly 21-35 years old. Both male and female
respondents had mostly completed their education up to senior high level,
however there were still female respondents who did not graduate from primary
school. Most male respondents were employed as private employees, while the
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Female (n=77)
Total (n=154)
28 (36.36%)
44 (57.12%)
5 (6.49%)
2 (2.59%)
41 (53.24%)
34 (44.15%)
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2 (1.29%)
69 (44.80%)
78 (50.64%)
5 (3.24%)
20 (25.97%)
21 (27.27%)
31 (40.25%)
5 (6.49%)
2 (2.59%)
11 (14.28%)
30 (38.96%)
32 (41.55%)
2 (2.59%)
2 (1.29%)
31 (20.12%)
51 (33.11%)
63 (40.90%)
7 (4.54%)
10 (12.98%)
8 (10.38%)
3 (3.89%)
31 (40.25%)
23 (29.87%)
2 (2.59%)
1 (1.29%)
1 (1.29%)
8 (10.38%)
5 (6.49%)
62 (80.51%)
11 (7.14%)
8 (5.19%)
4 (2.59%)
39 (25.32%)
28 (18.18%)
64 (41.55%)
38 (49.35%)
33 (42.85%)
6 (7.79%)
38 (49.35%)
28 (36.36%)
11 (14.28%)
76 (49.35%)
61 (39.61%)
17 (11.03%)
8 (10.38%)
67 (87.01%)
1 (1.29%)
1 (1.29%)
46 (59.74%)
31 (40.25%)
-
54 (35.06%)
98 (63.63%)
1 (0.64%)
1 (0.64%)
73 (94.80%)
4 (5.19%)
74 (96.10%)
3 (3.89%)
147 (95.45%)
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Male (n=77)
Female (n=77)
Total (n=154)
70 (90.90%)
63 (81.81%)
37 (48.05%)
36 (46.75%)
15 (19.48%)
14 (18.18%)
5 (6.49%)
8 (10.38%)
37 (48.05%)
1 (1.29%)
75 (97.40%)
64 (83.11%)
49 (63.63%)
52 (67.53%)
29 (37.66%)
24 (31.16%)
1 (1.29%)
3 (3.89%)
39 (50.64%)
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145 (94.15%)
127 (82.46%)
86 (55.84%)
88 (57.14%)
44 (28.57%)
38 (24.67%)
6 (3.89%)
11 (7.14%)
76 (49.35%)
1 (0.64%)
2 (2.59%)
75 (97.40%)
23 (29.87%)
11 (14.28%)
4 (5.19%)
7 (9.09%)
5 (6.49%)
7 (9.09%)
20 (25.97%)
23 (14.93%)
11 (7.14%)
4 (2.59%)
7 (4.54%)
5 (3.24%)
2 (1.29%)
7 (4.54%)
95 (61.68%)
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Female
Statistics
Z = -0.930
p = 0.35
Condom
maximum (6)
3.51 1.984
3.31 1.948
43
43
maximum (3)
Z = -1.550
minimum
p = 0.12
0.71 0.998
0.91 1.041
02
02
maximum (5)
Z = -1.425
minimum
p = 0.15
1.27 1.699
1.58 1.641
03
13
10
10
Z = -1.110
p = 0.26
minimum
mean SD
median IQR
Vasectomy
mean SD
median IQR
Tubal Ligation
mean SD
median IQR
Injection
maximum (10)
5.09 3.208
5.38 2.734
55
54
maximum (12)
12
12
Z = -1.853
minimum
p = 0.06
5.09 3.297
5.61 2.691
45
64
minimum
mean SD
median IQR
Pill
mean SD
median IQR
Z = -1.609
3.22 2.674
3.74 2.707
36
46
maximum (10)
10
10
Z = -3.609
minimum
p < 0.001
3.18 2.905
4.40 2.988
45
54
maximum (5)
Z = -1.703
minimum
p = 0.08
2.16 1.885
2.57 1.705
24
33
minimum
mean SD
median IQR
p = 0.10
IUD
mean SD
median IQR
Implant
mean SD
median IQR
* maximum score of each category is determined by maximum number of questions on each category
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Yes
No
Crude OR 95% CI
39
37
38
40
1.00
0.901 (0.479, 1.696)
24
14
53
63
1.00
0.491 (0.231, 1.043)
Statistics
p = 0.74
p = 0.062
p = 0.013
29
15
48
62
1.00
0.400 (0.193, 0.830)*
75
70
2
7
1.00
0.267 (0.054, 1.327)
64
63
13
14
1.00
0.914 (0.398, 2.099)
1
5
76
72
1.00
5.278 (0.602, 46.275)
3
8
74
69
1.00
2.860 (0.729, 11.219)
52
36
25
41
1.00
0.422 (0.219, 0.812)*
49
37
28
40
1.00
0.529 (0.277, 1.007)
p = 0.086
p = 0.832
p = 0.096
p = 0.118
p = 0.009
p = 0.051
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Female
Condom
58
59
maximum (60)
10
10
minimum (10)
28.99
10.083
29.97
11.574
mean SD
26 15.50
27 16.50
median IQR
Vasectomy
30
30
maximum (30)
5
5
minimum (5)
16.53 6.684
17.53 6.088
mean SD
16 11
18 10
median IQR
Tubal Ligation
42
42
maximum (42)
7
9
minimum (7)
22.38 8.766
25.32 8.136
mean SD
22 14
25 11.50
median IQR
Depot/Injection
35
36
maximum (36)
8
9
minimum (6)
21.06 5.327
21.87 5.865
mean SD
21
6
21 7
median IQR
Pill
36
36
maximum (36)
10
10
minimum (6)
24.90
5.801
26.01
5.454
mean SD
25 8
26 7
median IQR
Traditional (rhythm/calendar method, withdrawal method)
30
30
maximum (30)
5
5
minimum (5)
18.05 6.200
18.32 6.233
mean SD
19 9.50
19 9
median IQR
IUD
30
30
maximum (30)
5
5
minimum (5)
18.26 5.807
18.04 6.101
mean SD
20 8
16 9
median IQR
Implant
24
24
maximum (24)
4
8
minimum (4)
15.90 4.558
16.53 4.521
mean SD
16
7
17 6
median IQR
Statistics
Z = -0.026
p = 0.97
Z = -0.841
p = 0.40
Z = -2.888
p = 0.004
Z = -0.761
p = 0.44
Z = -1.392
p = 0.16
Z = -0.285
p = 0.776
Z = -0.446
p = 0.656
Z = -0.519
p = 0.60
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Social Norms
maximum (90)
minimum (15)
mean SD
median IQR
Accessibility
maximum (42)
minimum (7)
mean SD
median IQR
78
41
59.90 8.210
60 13
79
46
61.01 8.212
61 12
Z = -1.227
p = 0.22
42
12
30.01 5.243
30 4.50
41
12
30.69 5.413
32 4
Z = -1.474
p = 0.141
Yes
No
Crude OR 95% CI
57
2
20
75
1.00
0.009 (0.002, 0.042)
Statistics
p < 0.001
Discussion
Findings show that the female respondents are younger, being married at earlier
age, and mostly unemployed. Considering the average of monthly income of the
respondents in this study, most of the couples in this study were of lower
socioeconomic status. The most commonly known and used type of contraception
by the respondents was injection, followed by pills. This trend in knowledge on
contraception and contraceptive use is consistent with those reported in
Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2012. The number of
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marriage the couples are currently in may or may not play a role in terms of the
type of contraception currently being used by the couples.
The fairly high number of respondents who were reported not using any
contraception was due to a few reasons; (1) the female spouse of the couples were
in pregnancy, (2) either the male or female spouse was planning on pregnancy or
wanting to have more children, and (3) other reasons, including considering self
as being old thus no longer productive, having certain illness or limitations, or
having tried a few types of contraception yet none was suitable, or especially for
the men, the other spouse had already been using contraception.
The male respondents generally had some knowledge about contraception.
However, their level of such knowledge was lower than that of the female
respondents. The likelihood for male respondents of having the knowledge on
contraception was also lower compared to the female respondents concerning
tubal ligation and IUD. Regarding perception level, the male respondents
generally have similar perceptions on contraception compared to the female
respondents; however, the female respondents have slightly better perception on
contraception.
In this study, there were found few discrepancies regarding knowledge and
perception level. It is known that higher participation level was related with better
perceptions, while better perceptions were the result of higher level of knowledge.
With significantly lower male participation level in contraception among couples
of childbearing age in this study, it was expected that the males would have had
significant difference in knowledge and perception level compared to the female
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having high-risk pregnancy highlight the need for further improved family
planning counseling for all couples, especially about safe, effective, and long-term
contraceptive options, such as IUD and tubal ligation.
Conclusion
There were no significant differences on knowledge and perceptions between
male and female respondents regarding contraception, except on knowledge about
IUD and perceptions about tubal ligation. The overall mean score for knowledge
for both men and women were lower than 50% of the attainable score; with the
women being more likely to score higher than men. Meanwhile, perception score
of both men and women were similarly quite high. Relating to participation in
contraception use, it was found that women were more likely to use contraception
compared to men.
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