Impact of an in-built monitoring system on family planning performance in rural Bangladesh

Table 3 Comparison of selected indicators of health and family-planning service use between the national and the cluster survey

	National survey	Cluster	Odds ratio
Indicator	(BDHS 1996–997)	survey	(95% CI)
	(n = 8,450)	(1996)
	%	(n = 775)
		%
Couples desired no more children	49.1	58	0.70 (0.60–0.81)**
Unmet contraceptive need	16	21	0.72 (0.59–0.86)**
Contraceptive prevalence rate	49	53	0.85 (0.73–0.99)**
MWRA who had ever
Visited SC	20	29	0.61 (0.52–0.72)**
Visited H&FWC	-	42
Received FWA visit within the last 2 months	35	57	0.41 (0.35–0.47)**

Data of BDHS 1996–1997 (Referent)
**Statistically significant difference found compared to the BDHS 1996–1997, after the withdrawal of the interventions at 95% confidence interval, p < 0.05
CI = Confidence interval; FWA = Family Welfare Assistant;
H&FWC = Health and Family Welfare Centre; SC = Satellite Clinic;
Data source: BDHS = Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1996–97

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