Prevalence, sociodemographic determinants and self-reported reasons for hysterectomy in India

Reproductive Health
Chander ShekharAbhishek Singh

Abstract

Evidence of hysterectomy in India is limited mainly due to lack of information in large-scale nationally representative health surveys. In 2015-16, the fourth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) - a cross-sectional survey - collected for the first time direct information on hysterectomy and self-reported reasons for undergoing the procedure among women in the reproductive age group. This paper examines the prevalence and determinants of hysterectomy in India among women aged 30-49 years in 29 states and seven union territories (UTs) of India using the NFHS-4 dataset. Percentage weighted by sampling weights was used for estimating the prevalence of hysterectomy. The paper used crosstabulations and percentage distributions to estimate the prevalence of hysterectomy across different socioeconomic backgrounds and reasons for undergoing hysterectomy respectively. A multivariate binary logistic regression model was also used to find statistically significant determinants of hysterectomy. In India as a whole, 6 % of women aged 30-49 years had undergone a hysterectomy. The percentage of women who had undergone the procedure was found to vary considerably across the states and the UTs (from a minimum of 2% in Lakshadweep to a maximum...Continue Reading

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statistical package for social sciences ( SPSS )

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