Abstract

• This study attempts to investigate the factors affecting contraceptive use of currently married women aged 15-49 years in Myanmar. Data on contraceptive use were obtained from 2015-2016 Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS). In this study, descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Chi-square test and multinomial logistic regression analysis were used to explore the relationship between contraceptive use and demographic and socio-economic factors. According to the results of descriptive statistics, about 1% of women used traditional method whereas 50% of women used modern methods. The results of Chi-square test show that there exists association between contraceptive use and demographic and socio-economic characteristics. From the results of Multinomial logistic regression, demographic factors such as age of woman, place of residence viz, states/regions, number of living children, currently breastfeeding and currently residing with husband have statistically significant effects on the use of contraceptive methods. Socio-economic factors such as woman’s educational level, husband’s educational level, media exposure, wealth index etc. have statistically significant effects on contraceptive use. This study provides the background characteristics of currently married women who were reported to have been using the contraceptive methods and its determinants and the results of this study can provide the useful information for the government of Myanmar to set up the contraceptive plans and services.