Research Article
Family Centered Approach in Primary Health Care: Experience from an Urban Area of Mangalore, India
Table 2
Family planning (FP) status among eligible couples in the area before the implementation of family centered approach (
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| Study variable | Mean/ | SD/% |
| Mean age of marriage for women | 18.6 | 1.2 | Mean age of marriage for men | 24.14 | 2.8 | Mean age at 1st child for women | 19.9 | 1.6 | Mean age at 1st child for men | 25.3 | 2.1 | Average number of children | 2.7 | 1.1 | Spontaneous abortions | 61 | 4.3% | MTPs | 78 | 5.5% | Knowledge of FP | 302 | 21.4% | Ever practiced FP | 178 | 12.6% |
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Medical termination of pregnancy.
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