Prevalence and correlates of contraceptive use among women of reproductive age in Serbian

Background/Aim. Analysis of prevalence and correlation of contraceptive use among women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) in Serbia. Methods: Raper is based on data from a national health survey of the population of Serbia in 2013 (no data for Kosovo and Metohija). For the purposes of study, the data on households and population age 15 and over were used, so that the final sample for analysis entered 3.634 women of reproductive eage. χ2 test was applied to test the difference in frequency of categorical variables. Logistic regression analysis was applied to examine the correlates of female contraceptive use in Serbia. Results with probability that is equal to or les sthan 5% (p≤0.05) were considered statistically significant. Results: Overall contraceptive prevalence in women of reproductive age was 34.8%. Five variables had a significant connection with the use of contraceptives among women: age, education, marital status, residence region, index of wellbeing. Two variables had no statistical significance in study: employment status, type of settlement. Conclusions: Based on results, we can conclude that the prevalence of use of contraceptives among women in Serbia is relatively low and therefore reproductive health of women is endangered to agre at extent.