%0 Journal Article %T Contraceptive use and preferences of young married women in Kerala, India %A Jissa Vinoda Thulaseedharan %J Archive of "Open Access Journal of Contraception". %D 2018 %R 10.2147/OAJC.S152178 %X As in other states of India, female sterilization is the most widely used contraceptive method in Kerala where women have higher levels of education compared to most other states in India. This paper describes the use and preferences of contraceptive methods among young married women in Trivandrum district, Kerala, India %K contraception %K female sterilization %K Trivandrum %K contraceptive preferences %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804019/