ABSTRACT
PIP: 85 residents of the Tondo, Philippines who were IUD registrants at the Mary Johnston Hospital Family Planning Clinic were interviewed to determine which combination(s) of certain selected demographic variables have the potential for predicting persistence in IUD use. Data collected concerned length of use of the IUD, age, number of living children, education and income of the respondent at the time of adoption. Regression analysis using REGRESS program evaluation of t-values, F-values, Durbin Watson statistic coefficients of determination was the analysis undertaken. Predictions of persistence can be made from the single factors of age of respondent and the number of living children a woman has. Predictions can also be made from combinations of the following factors: number of living children and age of the respondent; number of living children and monthly family income; number of living children and educational achievement of the respondent; and age and monthly family income of the respondent.^ieng
