Research Article
A Comparative Study of Prevalence of RTI/STI Symptoms and Treatment Seeking Behaviour among the Married Women in Urban and Rural Areas of Delhi
Table 2
Obstetric and behavioural characteristics of the study subjects (
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| | Characteristics | Urban (%) | Rural (%) |
| | Parity | | | | 0 | 2 (1) | 23 (10.7) | | 1-2 | 101 (47) | 138 (64.2) | | 3-4 | 107 (50) | 50 (23.2) | | >4 | 5 (2) | 4 (1.9) | | History of abortions | | | | Yes | 84 (39) | 80 (37.2) | | No | 131 (61) | 135 (62.8) | | Last abortion, how many years back | | | | ≤1 year | 12 (14.3) | 8 (10) | | >1 year | 72 (85.7) | 72 (90) | | Type of abortion | | | | Spontaneous | 16 (19) | 17 (21) | | Induced | 68 (81) | 63 (79) | | Menstrual hygiene practices | | | | Ordinary cloth | 54 (25) | 69 (32.1) | | Sanitary pad | 129 (60) | 111 (51.6) | | Both sanitary pad and cloth | 32 (15) | 35 (16.3) | | Usage of contraceptive methods | | | | Yes | 163 (76) | 111 (51.6) | | No | 52 (24) | 104 (48.4) | | Methods of contraception | | | | None | 52 (24) | 61 (28) | | Pills | 19 (9) | 10 (4.7) | | Condom | 95 (44.2) | 90 (42) | | IUCD | 6 (2.8) | 20 (9.3) | | Safe period | 1 (0.5) | 0 | | Withdrawal | 10 (4.7) | 0 | | Tubectomy | 32 (14.8) | 34 (16) |
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