PIP: A follow-up to the 1985 Contraceptive Prevalence Survey, this 1988 study of contraceptive use in Bangladesh revealed that although modern methods are well-know, contraceptive prevalence is low. This study reinterviewed 2586 women living in rural Bangladesh who had participated in the earlier survey. The study found a high level of knowledge about modern contraception, with nearly 95% of the women able to identify at least on modern method (94% mentioned oral contraceptives, 65% IUDs, 76% condoms, 64% injectables, 89% female sterilization, and 74% male sterilization). Concerning traditional family planning methods, only 40% could identify at least one. Despite knowing about modern methods, most women did not identify the advantages or disadvantages of the methods known, making informed choice problematic. Additionally, only 21% of the women interviewed were actually using method at the time of the survey. Contraceptive prevalence among women under 25 years of age and among women with only one child were 2% and 10%, respectively. The study also found that the level of the woman's education had a significant impact on her contraceptive behavior, with 65% of women with 10 or more years of schooling using a method, compared to 18% among women with no schooling. Among the women using contraception, younger women opted for birth spacing methods, while older women generally preferred sterilization. Over 90% of the women using contraception expressed satisfaction with the method they were using. The report regards the high level of contraceptive knowledge as a positive sign, adding that contraceptive prevalence could be increased by bringing services closer to the user, having each women of reproductive age visited by a family planning worker, and through careful follow-up.