From: Women’s experience with postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device use in India
Characteristic1 | Mean (SD) or number (%) | |
---|---|---|
Number of antenatal clinic visits | 5.2 (3.1) | |
Period of counseling (%) | Antenatal clinic | 1408 (52) |
Early labor | 988 (36) | |
After delivery | 367 (14) | |
During postpartum stay | 335 (12) | |
Satisfied with counseling (%) | Yes | 2616 (98) |
No | 50 (2) | |
Family planning methods used in the past (%) | No methods | 1827 (67) |
IUCD | 389 (14) | |
Injectable | 6 (0.2) | |
Condoms | 381 (14) | |
Pills | 93 (3.4) | |
Others | 15 (0.6) | |
Decision-making in PPIUCD as the method of family planning (%) | Self, alone | 590 (22) |
Self, after consulting with family | 261 (10) | |
Husband | 160 (6) | |
Mother | 13 (0.5) | |
Mother-in-law | 16 (0.7) | |
Sister | 5 (0.2) | |
Multiple options | 1664 (61.5) | |
Counseling provider (multiple responses allowed) | ASHA | 96 (96.5) |
Counselor | 1942 (71.1) | |
Doctor | 1147 (42.0) | |
Nurse | 439 (16.1) | |
ANM | 59 (2.2) | |
Aganawadi worker | 45 (1.7) | |
Timing of decision to choose PPIUCD as family planning method (%) | Antenatal clinic | 1039 (39) |
Before delivery | 1021 (38) | |
After delivery | 610 (23) | |
Satisfied about decision to use PPIUCD (%) | Yes | 2631 (99.6) |
No | 2 (0.4) |