Reasons for nonuse of contraceptive methods by women with demand for contraception not satisfied: an assessment of low and middle-income countries using demographic and health surveys

Table 1 Operational definition of the reasons for not using contraceptive methods

Outcomes (reasons) definition	Reasons included
1) Respondent opposed	Respondent opposed
2) Other opposed	Husband or partner opposed
	Others opposed
	Religious prohibition
3) Lack of knowledge	Knows no method
3) Lack of knowledge	Knows no source
4) Health concerns	Health concern
	Fear of side effects
	Interferes with bodily processes
5) Lack of Access	Too far
	Costs too much
	No method available
	Preferred method not available
6) Method-related	Method is inconvenient to use
7) Fatalistic	Fatalistic
8) Infrequent sex	Not having sex
8) Infrequent sex	Infrequent sex

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