Family planning is one of the essential tools for reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rate. Several potential factors influence the usage of contraception, and the purpose of the paper is to identify the relevant ones among them. Using the data of BDHS 2014, cross tabulation and the multinomial logistic regression model is used to analyze the association of different factors. The 2014 BDHS gathered data from more than 17,000 families and more than 17,800 married women. There are many factors that can be associated with the application of family planning but among them. Heard about family planning on Newspaper/magazine, Time spending on Television, heard about family planning from media such as Television, Radio, etc., Household has: Radio appeared as the significant determinants of family planning. In this research, it is found that 94.9% did not use family planning where else only 5.1% used family planning. Among those who used family planning methods 32.6% used pills, 16.1% used injections, 7.2% used condoms, 3.2% used female sterilization, 0 .6% use d male sterilization, etc. Arranging various campaigns and use of mass media is fundamental to raise awareness about family planning.
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