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Family Practice Vol. 5, No. 2, 126-128
© Oxford University Press 1988

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Practice and Methods of Contraception Among Saudi Women in Riyadh

FAHAD AL-ABDUL JABBAR, SIMIN SAEDI WONG* and ABDUL AZIZ AL-MESHARI

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center PO Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia
*Department of Community Medicine, College of Allied Health Sciences. King Saud University Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Correspondence to Dr Jabbar

The use of contraceptives can have an impact on better spacing between children, better child care, improvement of children's health and preservation of the mother's health. In this study 2675 Saudi women attending a gynaecology out-patient clinic were interviewed about their contraceptive practices. The majority of the women (56.0%) were using or had used some form of contraceptive. Oral con traceptives were the most common method; 94.8% of the 1497 women who practised contraception were using or had used this form of contraception. Sterilization accounted for 0.9% of contraceptive practices, while the intrauterine device was a more common form of contraceptive among the more educated women.


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