Reporting sterilization as a current contraceptive method among sterilized women: Check for lessons learned from a population with high sterilization rates, Rajasthan, India

摘要

Objective: Measuring current use of contraception relies on self-reported responses from survey respondents. Reporting validity may be affected by women's interpretation of the question and may vary by background characteristics of women. The study aims to understand levels and patterns of underreporting of female sterilization in a population with high sterilization rates.