Determinants of Using Contraceptives: Evidence from Kosovo
Determinants of Using Contraceptives: Evidence from Kosovo

Summary/Abstract: This research contributes to a better understanding of fertility behaviour in Kosovo and analyses the determinants that have influence on using contraception. Empirical evidence demonstrates that majority of women in Kosovo have heard about contraceptives, but the level of use is almost the lowest in Europe. To argue this and to make the result of this study understandable, prior to explanation and research methodology (including theory), we elaborate on the fertility evolution in Kosovo. The proposed theoretical framework is based on the behaviour outcome in individual level theory, in particular, the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Herewith, we analyse the association between contraceptive use as behaviour outcome, and determinants that have influence on using them. The research further examines the empirical evidence and focus on variables such as value orientation, on one hand, and external variables, on the other hand. The data used for this research derived from an empirical research study done in the University Hospital Centre in Kosovo with 1,000 women active in reproductive process.

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