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Table 2 Counseling and decision-making about PPIUCD at baseline

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)

  1. 1Missing data (Previously used IUCD, 1300; satisfied with counseling received, 67; satisfied with decision to use PPIUCD, 100).