Utilization of modern contraceptives and associated factors among street women in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: a mixed study

Table 3 Reproductive health-related and sexual exposure factors of street women in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 555)

Variable	Frequency	Percent %
Sexually active in the six months
Yes	333	60
No	222	40
History of pregnancy after joining street life
Yes	339		61.1
No	216		38.9
Number of pregnancies in street life (N = 339)
1	133		39.2
2	108		31.9
> 2	98		28.9
Is the pregnancy is planned? (N = 339)
Yes	245		72.3
No	94		27.7
Number of alive children
0	140	25.2
1–2	224	40.4
> 2	191	34.4
History of child loss
Yes	157	29.5
No	376	70.5
History of termination of pregnancy after joining street (N = 339)
Yes	135	39.8
No	204	60.2
Desire to have a child in the future?
Yes	279	50.3
No	276	49.7
Time of a plan to have a child in the future (N = 279)
Within 2 years	160	57.3
After 2 years	119	42.7
History of rape after joining street
Yes	99	17.8
No	456	82.2
Number of rape (N = 102)
One time	35	35.4
Two and above times	64	64.6

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