What are the inclusions and exclusions in this study?
The study included teenage girls and boys and adult men and women who shared their views and answered questions on the matter of contraception and early marriage. The specifically targeted demographics of the study included married people. On the contrary, single people were excluded from the study because its aim was to analyze and trace men’s and women’s attitudes and education on the matter of contraception and to compare and contrast them.
What were the independent and dependent variables?
The dependent variable of the study included the attitudes towards contraception as well as knowledge about contraception measures and their benefits. Independent variables include factors that influence the dependent variable. The study revealed that factors that contribute to the contraception attitudes the most are age, sex, education, and availability of counseling and family planning methods.
What were the limitations?
The study experienced some setbacks because women in Iran often have low autonomy, and hence, their opinion on contraception may have been affected by pressure from husbands. Hence, some of the findings of the study might have been subjected to some form of cultural bias. Secondly, only a limited amount of the population has access to modern family planning methods, counseling, and education (Mardi et al., 2018). Therefore, the study is not representative of the entire Iranian population.
References
Mardi, A., Ebadi, A., Shahbazi, S., & Moghadam, Z. B. (2018). Factors influencing the use of contraceptives through the lens of teenage women: a qualitative study in Iran. BMC public health, 18(1), 1-8.