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Table 3 Contraception use by married women aged 15–19 years

From: Sexuality, fertility and family planning characteristics of married women aged 15 to 19 years in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania: a comparative analysis of cross-sectional data

Characteristic

%, (95% CI) a

Oromia, Ethiopia

N = 1198

Nasarawa, Nigeria

N = 4816

Mwanza, Tanzania

N = 201

Any method

47.5 (37.3–57.8)

10.6 (9.6–11.6)

20.4 (13.9–28.9)

Any modern method b

47.2 (37.0–57.7)

8.7 (7.9–9.6)

19.4 (13.4–27.3)

Modern method

 Implant

7.9 (5.2–11.9)

1.8 (1.5–2.3)

7.5 (4.3–12.7)

 IUCD

0.29 (0.10–0.86)

0.10 (0.04–0.29)

1.5 (0.43–5.0)

 Injectables

35.9 (27.9–44.8)

2.4 (2.0–3.0)

4.5 (2.4–8.3)

 Oral contraceptive pill

2.3 (1.2–4.5)

1.1 (0.86–1.5)

0.50 (0.07–3.6)

 Emergency pill

0.17 (0.05–0.59)

0.44 (0.28–0.67)

0

 Male condom

0

2.1 (1.7–2.6)

1.5 (0.45–4.8)

 Standard Days Method

0.46 (0.17–1.2)

0.12 (0.06–0.28)

3.0 (0.86–9.9)

 Other modern method

0.12 (0.02–0.88)

0.56 (0.38–0.82)

1.0 (0.23–4.2)

Any traditional method

0.26 (0.08–0.89)

1.9 (1.5–2.4)

1.0 (0.22–4.4)

Not currently using

52.5 (42.2–62.7)

89.4 (88.3–90.3)

79.6 (71.2–86.1)

Don’t know

0

0.08 (0.03–0.22)

0

  1. a Numbers and percentages may not match exactly because the analysis used sampling weights to account for the sampling design
  2. b Modern methods include male and female sterilisation, contraceptive implants, intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD), injectables, oral contraceptive pill, emergency contraceptive pill, male condom, female condom, Standard Days Method (SDM), Lactational Amenorrhoea Method (LAM), diaphragm, spermicides, foams and jelly
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