Family Planning Focus Group Discussions among Married Women of Reproductive Age in Jordan

This report presents the results of 12 focus group discussions. The focus groups identified in-depth psychological, sociological and cultural factors affecting the use of modern family planning methods among married women in Jordan. Focus group discussion topics include family planning perceptions, motivations to switch from traditional to modern family planning methods, family planning decision making, and general family planning information.

Key findings include:

• Having a child as early as possible after marriage is preferable because of perceived social pressures
• The main reason preventing women from adopting modern birth control methods is the impact it would have on their bodies and the possibility of it impacting future fertility
• Extended families are influential in family planning and family size decisions
• Participants have a preference for IUDs and the pill as family planning methods