Table 2 Percentage of women with specific opinions, amongst those who have heard of methods (Matlab)
From: Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya
Attributes | Pills | Injectables | Implants | IUD | Condoms | Female sterilisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Access | ||||||
Easy | 97.2 | 90.4 | 66.1 | 69.5 | 87.1 | 71.5 |
Hard | 2.2 | 8.0 | 24.9 | 24.1 | 9.6 | 23.9 |
Don’t know/unsure | 0.6 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
Effectiveness | ||||||
Yes | 99.3 | 98.6 | 97.0 | 97.3 | 88.0 | 97.6 |
No | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
Don’t know | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
Cause health problems | ||||||
Yes, serious | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 3.5 | 6.7 |
Yes, not serious | 20.5 | 33.0 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 3.0 | 8.6 |
No | 69.1 | 40.2 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 58.6 | 27.3 |
Don’t know | 7.4 | 19.5 | 65.3 | 66.6 | 34.9 | 57.4 |
Interfere with menstruation | ||||||
Yes | 7.6 | 56.8 | 15.7 | 16.5 | – | 4.3 |
No | 84.4 | 21.6 | 12.9 | 12.0 | – | 33.5 |
Don’t know | 8.0 | 21.6 | 71.4 | 71.5 | – | 62.3 |
Cause unpleasant side effect | ||||||
Yes | 26.2 | 37.8 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
No | 66.1 | 41.7 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 54.1 | 30.8 |
Don’t know | 7.7 | 20.5 | 69.1 | 69.5 | 38.0 | 61.5 |
Unsafe to use for a long time | ||||||
Yes, should take a break | 21.2 | 23.4 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 23.4 | – |
No, safe for long time | 74.3 | 67.1 | 52.7 | 53.7 | 53.7 | – |
Don’t know | 4.5 | 9.5 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 22.9 | – |
Cause infertility | ||||||
Yes, perhaps | 8.8 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | – | – |
No | 85.2 | 84.8 | 74.8 | 76.2 | – | – |
Don’t know | 6.0 | 8.7 | 21.1 | 19.7 | – | – |
FP use among friend, relatives | ||||||
Most | 25.0 | 17.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
About half | 11.8 | 14.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
Few | 54.2 | 52.2 | 41.2 | 36.1 | 31.1 | 52.3 |
None | 4.2 | 8.2 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 14.5 | 21.1 |
Don’t know | 4.8 | 7.7 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 52.9 | 25.1 |
Experiences of friend, relatives (1) | ||||||
Satisfactory | 95.6 | 89.5 | 77.2 | 75.5 | 82.4 | 87.5 |
Unsatisfactory | 2.2 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 2.0 |
Mixed/Don’t know | 2.2 | 4.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 10.5 |
Husband’s approval | ||||||
Approve | 89.4 | 71.2 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 37.5 | 14.2 |
Disapprove | 7.5 | 22.6 | 64.2 | 64.4 | 52.7 | 70.8 |
Don’t know | 3.1 | 6.2 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 9.8 | 15.0 |
Mean net positive score (2) | 61.9 | 36.2 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 45.8 | 31.8 |
Mean % of don’t know (3) | 4.9 | 11.2 | 36.7 | 36.4 | 26.0 | 35.4 |
TOTAL(N) | 2600 | 2583 | 2253 | 1917 | 2572 | 2544 |