Abstract:
The ANC registration of the study population by PHM was well below the national figure.
More than half of the study population was teenagers when they delivered their 1st child
Approximately 53 present were of parity 6 and above and 36 present of home deliveries
were observed among the study population, which is well above the national figure.The
husband's desire, cultural and religious reasons play major role in determining the number of
children that the couple should have. There were no statistical significant association
between current unplanned pregnancy and variables like religion, race, education, age of the
last child. Majority of the study population has heard temporarily methods of family
planning in their life A comparative study using stratified random sampling technique is
recommended in future to gain more reliable information on high parity pregnant women in
Sri Lanka. Interventions like filling the vacant PHM areas and conducting regular user
friendly Reproductive Health programme to selected groups in Kinniya and
Thampalagamam areas are strongly recommended.
