Table 6 Percentage of women with specific opinions, amongst those who have heard of methods (Homa Bay)
From: Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya
Attributes | Pills | Injectables | Implants | IUD | Condoms (4) | Female sterilisation (5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Access | ||||||
Easy | 79.4 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 52.8 | 93.9 | 41.7 |
Hard | 12.5 | 7.9 | 10.5 | 25.8 | 3.6 | 40.3 |
Don’t know/unsure | 8.1 | 1.6 | 5.0 | 21.4 | 2.5 | 18.0 |
Effectiveness | ||||||
Yes | 62.6 | 91.6 | 90.3 | 66.1 | 77.5 | 82.5 |
No | 23.8 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 8.6 | 17.4 | 5.4 |
Don’t know | 13.5 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 25.3 | 5.1 | 12.1 |
Cause health problems | ||||||
Yes, serious | 37.8 | 31.2 | 28.3 | 36.0 | 11.4 | 32.7 |
Yes, not serious | 21.5 | 31.0 | 25.9 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 12.2 |
No | 23.0 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 18.7 | 70.0 | 31.5 |
Don’t know | 17.7 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 29.3 | 7.3 | 23.6 |
Interfere with menstruation | ||||||
Yes | 56.5 | 80.2 | 60.1 | 35.6 | – | – |
No | 22.1 | 14.7 | 22.5 | 25.1 | – | – |
Don’t know | 21.4 | 5.2 | 17.4 | 39.2 | – | – |
Cause unpleasant side effect | ||||||
Yes | 57.5 | 63.2 | 51.7 | 44.7 | 14.0 | 38.3 |
No | 21.6 | 28.7 | 30.1 | 20.9 | 77.6 | 36.0 |
Don’t know | 20.9 | 8.2 | 18.2 | 34.4 | 8.4 | 25.7 |
Unsafe to use for a long time | ||||||
Yes, should take a break | 66.9 | 68.5 | 60.8 | 62.5 | 37.3 | – |
No, safe for long time | 20.3 | 26.3 | 31.7 | 17.4 | 56.4 | – |
Don’t know | 12.8 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 20.0 | 6.3 | – |
Cause infertility | ||||||
Yes, perhaps | 15.6 | 17.1 | 12.7 | 16.2 | – | – |
No | 72.9 | 77.3 | 78.1 | 63.4 | – | – |
Don’t know | 11.6 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 20.5 | – | – |
FP use among friends, relatives | ||||||
Most | 13.9 | 64.6 | 49.1 | 3.9 | 30.3 | 3.3 |
About half | 7.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 2.7 |
Few | 49.3 | 19.0 | 31.8 | 42.4 | 26.0 | 51.3 |
None | 13.8 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 26.9 | 6.1 | 26.0 |
Don’t know | 15.7 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 23.4 | 30.0 | 16.7 |
Experiences of friends, relatives (1) | ||||||
Satisfactory | 38.0 | 54.1 | 57.7 | 39.4 | 72.9 | 59.1 |
Unsatisfactory | 28.5 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 27.2 | 10.6 | 17.3 |
Mixed/Don’t know | 33.5 | 34.7 | 29.2 | 33.4 | 16.5 | 17.1 |
Husband disapprove | ||||||
Approve | 45.5 | 64.4 | 52.2 | 25.2 | 53.3 | 18.1 |
Disapprove | 43.7 | 30.2 | 38.7 | 58.8 | 41.2 | 70.5 |
Don’t know | 10.8 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 5.5 | 11.4 |
Mean net positive score (2) | −2.5 | 16.6 | 20.1 | −3.4 | 49.8 | 5.6 |
Mean % of don’t know (3) | 15.2 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 9.9 | 19.2 |
TOTAL(N) | 2358 | 2405 | 2391 | 1973 | 1338 | 2080 |