Table 3 Men’s knowledge and practice of family planning
Parameter | n =210 | (100%) | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Purpose of family planning | Reasons not accessing FP methods | ||||
Spacing births | 106 | (51) | Poor knowledge | 140 | (83) |
Stops pregnancy permanently | 6 | (3) | Wanting more children | 55 | (33) |
Don’t know | 98 | (47) | Religion | 31 | (19) |
Unavailability of services | 31 | (19) | |||
Extramarital affairs | 24 | (14) | |||
Sex of health workers | 2 | (1) | |||
Knowledge of male methods | Reasons for not wanting male methods {n 38) | ||||
Condom | 37 | (18) | Religion | 19 | (50) |
Vasectomy | 0 | (0) | Embarrassment | 10 | (26) |
Don’t know | 173 | (82) | Wife accusing promiscuity | 9 | (24) |
Knowledge of female methods | |||||
Injections | 55 | (25) | |||
Pills | 43 | (21) | |||
Female condoms | 3 | (1) | |||
Tubal ligation | 2 | (1) | |||
Intrauterine device | 0 | (0) | |||
Don’t know | 1 23 | (59) | |||
Current practice | Preferred method in the future | ||||
Abstinence | 166 | (79) | Male methods | 46 | (22) |
Wife using FP methods | 37 | (18) | Female methods | 38 | (18) |
Condoms | 5 | (2) | Don’t know | 126 | (60) |
Ovulation | 1 | (0.5) | |||
Withdrawal | 1 | (0.5) | |||
Spousal discussion Yes | 39 | (19) | |||