Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Penggunaan Alat Kontrasepsi Pada Pasangan Usia Subur di Puskesmas Sei Mencirim Desa Sunggal Kanan Provinsi Sumatera Utara Tahun 2023

Background: Based on the 2018 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), the use of contraceptives for all types among married women in Indonesia decreased from 60.9% in 2016 to 59.7% in 2017 and in the results of the 2018 Program Performance Accountability Survey (SKAP) increased to 60%. The use of modern contraceptives among women aged 15-49 years was 57% and has not yet reached the national target set by the 2015-2019 strategic plan, in 2018, which was 61.1%. Based on Law No. 10 of 1992 concerning population development and prosperous family development, family planning is an effort to increase awareness and community
participation through maturing the age of marriage, birth control, building family resilience, increasing the welfare of small, happy, and prosperous families (Setya, 2016). Research Objective: The aim was to determine the factors influencing contraceptive use among fertile-age couples at the Sei Mencirim Community Health Center in 2023. This study was an observational analytical study with a cross-sectional
approach using simple random sampling. Primary data collection was obtained directly from pregnant women using a questionnaire that had been prepared and referred to the variables studied. Secondary data collection was carried out by taking data from documents or records obtained from the Sei Mencirim Community Health Center. Research Results: There was a significant relationship between occupation and
contraceptive use with a p-value of 0.000, there was a significant relationship between maternal education and contraceptive use with a p-value of 0.01, there was a
significant relationship between the number of children and contraceptive use with a p-value of 0.006.
Keywords: Family Planning, EFA, Knowledge, Education