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The present study focuses on the intention of currently married women on using family planning method in the future. Two groups of non-users (never and past users) are examined according to some demographic, socioeconomic and motivation variables. The study depends on the results of Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS, 2000). The main findings of this study are: -Never users of family planning methods are the youngest group compared to past and current users. They have the youngest age at first marriage , shortest duration of marriage and they have less number of living children - Socioeconomic status of never users seems to be lower than the other two groups (ever users and currently users): *The majority of never users live in rural areas, most of them live in rural upper Egypt * Most of never users and their husbands are among the non educated persons. *The lowest percentage of never users is among women married to husbands with professional, technicians and manager’s occupation while the highest percentage is observed among women married to husbands working agriculture and manual work. *Never users are also less likely to work for cash. -Never users prefer the large number of family size than the other two groups and have the highest percentage of women want to have another child compared to the other two groups. -Never users are less likely to know about family planning through radio or television and they have the lowest percentage of wife approval and also husband approval on family planning use. -Almost all women have a complete knowledge about family planning methods and there is a small difference between the three groups in their knowledge about the sources of family planning services. -The results indicate that women who don’t intend to use family planning in the future have the highest mean of current age and the longest duration of marriage among past users compared to the never users and they also have more number of living children and years of education. -Menopause and fear from side effects and health concerns are the main causes of non users among past user while want for more children the most common reason for don’t intend to use in the future between never users.
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