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A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraceptive Utilization Among Repraductive Aged Married Women (Case Study-Hmawbi Township) (May Myo Myint Khaing, 2022) May Myo Myint Khaing Knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive utilization was done with the married women from Hmawbi Township who were interviewed with structured questionnaires. Participants were between 18 to 49years with the mean of 38.7 (±7.79) years. About 60 % had high school level education and above. Majority of the married women (77%) were housewife and only 23.3 % were employed. Over half of their husband were above 40 years old and majority of them were government staff. It was found that they all already heard about the contraceptive methods. The most common methods knew by the respondents was oral contraceptive pills (88 %) followed by injection depo (85.3 %). The most common sources of knowledge for contraception were health care provider. Current contraceptive use was 74% but only 25 % of the women with no children used contraceptive. It also found that the age of the respondents and their husband, total number of children and their attitude on contraceptive are the factors that directly effect on the contraceptive use. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the health information regarding contraceptive methods should be more shared to the married women in order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity among the married women. 2022-10-01 https://meral.edu.mm/records/8528