Table 7 Percentage of women with specific opinions by use status (Homa Bay)
From: Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya
Attributes | Pills | Injectables | Implants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current users | Past users | Never users | Current users | Past users | Never users | Current users | Past users | Never users | |
Access | |||||||||
Easy | 92.3 | 84.7 | 77.1 | 93.7 | 90.6 | 87.0 | 93.9 | 88.7 | 81.1 |
Hard | 7.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 12.1 |
Don’t know/unsure | 0.0 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.9 |
Effectiveness | |||||||||
Yes | 86.2 | 66.8 | 60.3 | 97.1 | 92.1 | 85.2 | 98.6 | 89.9 | 88.1 |
No | 10.8 | 28.5 | 22.8 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 4.0 |
Don’t know | 3.1 | 4.7 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 7.9 |
Cause health problems | |||||||||
Yes, serious | 13.9 | 42.7 | 37.0 | 24.2 | 36.8 | 29.4 | 16.4 | 36.3 | 29.9 |
Yes, not serious | 33.9 | 22.9 | 20.6 | 30.1 | 32.3 | 30.0 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 26.1 |
No | 46.2 | 26.2 | 21.0 | 40.9 | 27.7 | 23.3 | 51.5 | 31.9 | 24.4 |
Don’t know | 6.2 | 8.2 | 21.4 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 17.3 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 19.6 |
Interfere with menstruation | |||||||||
Yes | 40.0 | 59.6 | 56.1 | 80.2 | 84.1 | 74.0 | 62.9 | 67.9 | 57.6 |
No | 53.9 | 32.5 | 17.4 | 19.0 | 14.2 | 11.2 | 35.3 | 24.4 | 18.7 |
Don’t know | 6.2 | 8.0 | 26.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 14.8 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 23.7 |
Cause unpleasant side effect | |||||||||
Yes | 33.9 | 63.0 | 56.5 | 55.3 | 68.7 | 62.2 | 41.0 | 59.8 | 53.0 |
No | 60.0 | 29.0 | 17.7 | 39.9 | 27.8 | 19.2 | 51.7 | 31.9 | 23.9 |
Don’t know | 6.2 | 8.0 | 25.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 18.6 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 23.1 |
Unsafe to use for a long time | |||||||||
Yes, should take a break | 47.7 | 70.5 | 66.4 | 58.0 | 73.7 | 70.6 | 50.8 | 65.2 | 62.6 |
No, safe for long time | 40.0 | 22.4 | 18.9 | 37.3 | 23.6 | 19.9 | 47.2 | 29.8 | 27.9 |
Don’t Know | 12.3 | 7.1 | 14.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 9.6 |
Cause infertility | |||||||||
Yes, perhaps | 15.4 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 13.1 |
No | 80.0 | 77.4 | 71.1 | 80.5 | 80.0 | 69.8 | 83.4 | 81.0 | 76.1 |
Don’t know | 4.6 | 6.9 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 10.8 |
FP use among friends, relatives | |||||||||
Most | 18.5 | 19.1 | 11.9 | 73.6 | 66.7 | 52.6 | 70.8 | 53.9 | 42.1 |
About half | 10.8 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 9.7 |
Few | 50.8 | 45.1 | 50.6 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 25.3 | 18.2 | 30.4 | 35.7 |
None | 7.7 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
Don’t know | 12.3 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 8.0 |
Experiences of friends, relatives (1) | |||||||||
Satisfactory | 65.4 | 39.7 | 36.2 | 69.0 | 48.2 | 47.9 | 77.6 | 49.2 | 53.6 |
Unsatisfactory | 11.5 | 34.9 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 15.4 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 21.6 | 14.1 |
Mixed/Don’t know | 23.1 | 25.5 | 36.7 | 27.0 | 36.4 | 40.4 | 18.6 | 29.2 | 32.3 |
Husband’s approval | |||||||||
Approve | 76.9 | 55.6 | 40.9 | 77.2 | 67.5 | 47.0 | 77.7 | 59.8 | 43.7 |
Disapprove | 20.0 | 38.4 | 46.4 | 20.7 | 29.1 | 41.1 | 20.7 | 36.0 | 44.2 |
Don’t know | 3.1 | 6.1 | 12.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 12.1 |
Satisfied with use | |||||||||
Satisfied | 76.9 | 38.4 | – | 86.1 | 44.9 | – | 87.7 | 31.0 | – |
Unsatisfied | 16.9 | 43.6 | – | 6.3 | 38.7 | – | 7.1 | 30.1 | – |
Mixed/Neither | 3.1 | 6.3 | – | 5.1 | 9.0 | – | 5.2 | 3.3 | – |
Missing (4) | 3.1 | 11.8 | – | 2.4 | 7.3 | – | 0.0 | 35.7 | – |
Mean net positive score (2) | 31.1 | −0.3 | −4.5 | 29.7 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 42.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 |
Mean % of don’t know (3) | 6.3 | 7.5 | 18.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 13.7 |
TOTAL(N) | 65 | 576 | 1717 | 662 | 1066 | 677 | 439 | 336 | 1616 |