Table 2 Knowledge and practice of family planning
Number | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Source of information (N = 97) | ||
Health centers | 57 | 58.8 |
Medias | 28 | 28.9 |
Entourage | 12 | 12.3 |
Family planning is: (N = 97) | ||
Limitation of births | 28 | 28.9 |
Spacing of births | 35 | 36.1 |
Stopping births | 11 | 11.3 |
Limitation and spacing of births | 4 | 4.1 |
No idea | 19 | 19.6 |
Ever visited a family planning center (N = 101): yes | 21 | 20.8 |
Ever heard about contraception (N = 101): yes | 61 | 60.3 |
Contraception is: (N = 61) | ||
Prevention of conception (i.e. getting pregnant) | 38 | 62.3 |
No idea | 23 | 37.7 |
Contraceptive methods known (N = 101) | ||
Male condom | 97 | 96 |
Female condom | 36 | 35.6 |
Safe period | 87 | 86.1 |
Injectables | 77 | 76.2 |
Oral pills | 76 | 75.2 |
Implants (Norplant) | 57 | 56.4 |
Coitus interruptus (withdrawal) | 42 | 41.5 |
Intrauterine device (IUD) | 40 | 39.6 |
Female sterilization | 20 | 19.8 |
Maternal breastfeeding | 6 | 5.9 |
Temperature | 5 | 4.9 |
Abstinence | 4 | 3.9 |
Spermicides | 3 | 2.9 |
Male sterilization | 3 | 2.9 |
Diaphragm | 1 | 0.9 |
Practice of contraception (N = 101): yes | 66 | 65.3 |
Reasons precluding women to practice contraception (N = 35) | ||
Unbearable side effects | 3 | 8.6 |
May lead to cancers | 2 | 5.7 |
Useless | 11 | 31.4 |
Ignorance/lack of knowledge | 11 | 31.4 |
Other reasons | 8 | 22.9 |
Birth interval (years) N = 101 | ||
1 | 6 | 6.0 |
2 | 33 | 32.7 |
3 | 27 | 26.7 |
>3 | 17 | 16.8 |
Missing data | 18 | 17.8 |
Number of children per bedroom (N = 101) | ||
≤2 | 55 | 54.5 |
>2 | 46 | 45.5 |
Number of meals per day (N = 101) | ||
<3 | 42 | 41.6 |
At least 3 | 59 | 58.4 |