Demand for long acting and permanent methods of contraceptives and factors for non-use among married women of Goba Town, Bale Zone, South East Ethiopia

Table 3 Percentage of ever heard, intention to use, Knowledge of source, discussion with husband and source of information of LAPMs of married women of Goba town, South East Ethiopia September/ 2009

Variables	Response	Frequency	Percent
Ever heard at least LAPMs	IUD	491	66.9
	Norplant	641	87.3
	Tubal ligation	323	44.0
Discussed with h/professional LAPMs	Yes	289	39.4
	No	445	60.8
Knows source of LAPMs	Yes	638	86.9
	No	96	13.1
Mentioned sources LAPMs	Hospital	636	99.7
	Health center	17	2.6
	Clinic	12	1.9
	Private health facility	10	1.6
Heard information of LAPMs	Yes	636	86.6
	No	98	13.4
Source of information of LAPMs	Radio	389	53.0
	Television	252	34.3
	News paper	60	8.2
	Pamphlet	66	9.0
	Community events	488	66.5
	Health personnel	24	32.7
Discussed with husband on LAPMs	Not at all	315	42.9
	Once/twice	222	30.2
	More often	197	26.8
Husband attitude to LAPMs	Approves	496	67.6
	Opposes	38	5.2
	Don’t know	200	27.2
Main decider on using LAPMs	self	218	29.7
	Husband	42	5.7
	Both decide together	474	64.6

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