Contraceptive use among sexually active female adolescents in Ethiopia: trends and determinants from national demographic and health surveys

Table 2 Distribution of adolescents age 15–19 by their exposure to family planning information, knowledge about fertility and contraceptive method, Ethiopia DHS 2016

Variables		Frequency	Percent
Heard family planning message on radio on last few months	Yes	91	18.1
Heard family planning message on radio on last few months	No	413	81.9
Watch family planning messages on TV on last few months	Yes	68	13.4
Watch family planning messages on TV on last few months	No	436	86.6
Read about family planning messages on newspaper/magazine last few months	Yes	21	4.2
	No	483	95.8
Received family planning text message on mobile phone	Yes	5	1.1
Received family planning text message on mobile phone	No	498	98.9
Visited by field worker in the last 12 months	Yes	101	20.1
Visited by field worker in the last 12 months	No	402	79.9
Field worker talk about family planning	Yes	50	9.9
Field worker talk about family planning	No	51	10.2
Visited health facility in the last 12 months	Yes	211	42.0
Visited health facility in the last 12 months	No	292	58.0
Told about family planning in the health facility	Yes	77	15.3
Told about family planning in the health facility	No	135	26.7
Knowledge of ovulatory period	During her period	37	7.3
	After period ended	148	29.4
	Middle of the cycle	76	15.0
	Before period begins	33	6.5
	At any time	116	23.0
	Do not know	95	18.8
Knowledge about any contraceptive method	Knows no method	7	1.3
	Knows only traditional method	4	0.7
	Knows modern method	494	98.0
Number of living children	No child	308	61.1
	One child	173	34.4
	Two and more	22	4.5
Decision maker on contraceptive use	Mainly respondent	34	19.7
	Mainly husband	3	1.9
	Joint decision	133	78.4

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