ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDE OF MARRIED MALES REGARDING VASECTOMY IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF CHANDIGARH

A quantitative study with observational study design was done to assess the attitude of married males regarding vasectomy in rural and urban areas of chandigarh. A purposive sampling technique was used to collect 100 samples, 50 each from rural and urban areas respectively to conduct research. Findings revealed that 83% of the samples have positive attitude regarding vasectomy. There was significant association between the age of respondent, age of spouse, type of family of respondent and religion of the respondent with the attitude score whereas there was no significant association found between number of children, residence of respondent, educational status of respondent, occupational status of respondent, monthly income, co-morbidities of respondent, whether underwent vasectomy or not with attitude score.