Determinants of Unmet Need for Family Planning in Tegal and Klaten Regency

Tegal Regency has the highest unmet need for family planning at 14.54%, Klaten Regency’s unmet need is still high at 14.40%. The aim of this research is to analyse the factors causing the unmet need in Tegal and Klaten Regencies. The research population includes all the women of reproductive age in couples, with total number of 483,144 and the samples set, selected by simple random sampling of 268 respondents. The result show that is a significant correlation between the number of live children unmet need (p = 0.001), correlation between attitude and unmet need (p = 0.007), correlation between attitude and knowledge (p = 0.001), correlation between age groups and unmet need (p = 0.035), correlation between opinion on contraceptives as a sin and unmet need (p = 0.002), correlation between the respondent’s beliefs that contraceptives are against their religion and the unmet need (p = 0.028), and correlation between social media exposure and unmet need (p = 0.001). The family planning field counselors experience a harder work load as the work areas are getting wider. The paper concludes that perception and knowledge about the definition of unmet need by the family planning field counselors is very limited. The roles of religious and community leaders in providing counseling on contraceptives and unmet need are limited. Based on this study it is suggested that communication, information and education should be developed using interactive dialog method, coordination by and roles of the family planning field counselors should be improved, and family income and wealth should be increased through a family welfare income increasing program.