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Table 4 Family planning characteristics of 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

n (%) a

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)

  1. a Numbers and percentages may not match exactly because the analysis used sampling weights to account for the sampling design
  2. b Respondents were able to state multiple sources of information on contraception