Characteristic | n (%) a | ||
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Oromia, Ethiopia N = 1198 | Nasarawa, Nigeria N = 4816 | Mwanza, Tanzania N = 201 | |
Have you seen or heard about contraception in past 12 months | |||
Yes | 1085 (89.1) | 1464 (30.4) | 181 (90.1) |
No | 90 (8.3) | 3333 (69.2) | 20 (9.9) |
Don’t know | 23 (2.6) | 11 (0.23) | 0 (0) |
No response | 0 (0) | 8 (0.17) | 0 (0) |
Contraception information source in past 12 months b | |||
Radio | 211 (20.2) | 350 (23.9) | 51 (28.2) |
Television | 76 (6.1) | 173 (11.8) | 17 (9.4) |
Hospital/health centre/clinic | 229 (20.4) | 808 (55.2) | 106 (58.6) |
HEW/CHW | 324 (31.8) | 27 (1.8) | 4 (2.0) |
Pharmacy/chemist | 5 (0.52) | 115 (7.9) | 38 (21.0) |
Teachers | 193 (17.4) | 5 (0.34) | 6 (3.3) |
Friends/peers | 265 (23.6) | 408 (27.9) | 41 (22.7) |
Neighbours | 250 (23.6) | 302 (20.6) | 60 (33.2) |
Spouse/partner | 87 (7.1) | 73 (5.0) | 1 (0.55) |
Parent/guardian | 103 (8.8) | 43 (2.9) | 18 (9.9) |
Agreed with misconception about contraception | |||
Some modern contraception can stop an adolescent woman from ever being pregnant again even after she stops using it | 298 (26.7) | 1096 (48.2) | 90 (44.8) |
If a modern contraception changes an adolescent woman’s menstrual bleeding, it’s bad for her health and can harm her womb | 590 (53.3) | 1207 (53.1) | 110 (54.7) |
Some modern contraceptives can make adolescent women permanently fat | 519 (46.6) | 1387 (61.1) | 109 (54.2) |
Adolescent women who use modern contraception are promiscuous | 124 (11.5) | 952 (41.9) | 100 (49.8) |
Agreed with benefits about contraception | |||
Preventing unwanted pregnancies is a benefit of contraception | 1000 (90.7) | 2058 (90.6) | 169 (84.1) |
Some contraception methods reduce sexually transmitted infections | 371 (34.1) | 1696 (74.7) | 69 (34.3) |
Modern contraception can help an adolescent woman delay the birth of her first child, if she wants to | 963 (85.8) | 1963 (86.4) | 175 (87.1) |
After she begins to have children, modern contraception can allow an adolescent woman to decide when to have another child | 951 (84.1) | 2028 (89.3) | 175 (87.1) |
Using modern contraception can allow an adolescent woman girl to complete her education, find a better job and have a better life | 965 (86.1) | 2065 (90.9) | 165 (82.1) |
Married adolescent women’s approval of married couples using a modern contraceptive method to avoid or delay pregnancy | |||
Yes | 1020 (90.8) | 1778 (78.3) | 158 (78.6) |
No | 58 (6.5) | 437 (19.2) | 39 (19.4) |
Don’t know | 20 (2.5) | 56 (2.5) | 4 (2.0) |
No response | 1 (0.15) | 1 (0.04) | 0 (0) |
Husbands’ approval of married couples using a modern contraceptive method to avoid or delay pregnancy | N = 136 | N = 326 | N = 16 |
Yes | 127 (91.0) | 155 (66.8) | 15 (93.8) |
No | 9 (9.0) | 75 (32.3) | 1 (6.2) |
Don’t know | 0 (0) | 2 (0.86) | 0 (0) |
Contraceptive use by no. of children | n/N | n/N | n/N |
No children | 264/600 (39.9) | 102/2328 (4.4) | 4/97 (4.1) |
1 child | 326/520 (56.8) | 270/1665 (16.2) | 31/85 (36.5) |
2 or more children | 39/78 (43.2) | 137/823 (16.7) | 6/19 (31.6) |