Determinants of intention to use family planning methods in the four emerging regions of Ethiopia: an ideation score based assessment

Getinet, Tewodros; Surur, Feiruz; Nigatu, Balkachew; Meressa, Alula; Abesha, Yonas; Kassa, Munir; Gebremedhin, Merhawi; Bekele, Delayehu

doi:10.1186/s12978-022-01385-y

Reproductive Health

Table 2 Findings of CFA; standardized factor loadings and factors reliability measure in the four emerging regions

From: Determinants of intention to use family planning methods in the four emerging regions of Ethiopia: an ideation score based assessment

		Afar		Benishangul-Gumuz		Gambela		Somali
No.	Factor/items	α	λ	α	λ	α	λ	α	λ
	Contraception awareness	0.87		0.85		0.90		0.87
1	Aware of female sterilization		0.87		0.61		–		–
2	Aware of male sterilization		0.84		–		–		–
3	Aware of IUD		0.77		–		–		0.62
4	Aware of injectables		–		–		0.87		0.64
5	Aware of implants		–		–		0.80		0.79
6	Aware of pill		–		–		0.85		0.67
7	Aware of male condom		–		0.61		0.93		0.77
8	Aware of female condom		0.68		0.65		0.69		–
9	Aware of lactation amenorrhea		–		–		–		–
10	Aware of rhythm		–		0.66		–		0.63
11	Aware of withdrawal		0.71		0.65		–		–
12	Aware of emergency contraceptive		0.72		0.64		–		0.61
	Self-efficacy	0.90		0.89		0.95		0.89
1	Perceived self-efficacy for starting a conversation with partner about FP		0.67		0.78		0.79		0.78
2	Perceived self-efficacy for convincing partner that they should use a FP method		0.77		0.78		0.85		0.80
3	Perceived self-efficacy for obtaining a FP method if decided to use one		0.78		0.89		0.92		0.89
4	Perceived self-efficacy for using a FP method even if partner doesn't want you to		0.69		–		0.82		–
5	Perceived self-efficacy for using a FP method even if no friend or neighbor uses		0.84		0.87		0.95		0.77
6	Perceived self-efficacy for using a FP method even if religious leader did not think she should		0.69		0.73		0.77		–
7	Perceived self-efficacy for getting to a place where contraceptives are provided if needed		0.77		0.70		0.89		0.71
	Rejection of myth and rumor	0.94		0.86		0.90		0.92
1	Disagreed that use of contraceptive injection can make a woman sterile		0.70		–		–		0.77
2	Disagreed that people who use contraception end up with health problems		0.79		–		0.80		0.81
3	Disagreed that contraceptives can harm your womb		0.83		0.74		0.85		0.85
4	Disagreed that contraceptives reduce women's sexual urge		0.85		0.68		0.82		0.71
5	Disagreed that contraceptives can cause cancer		0.83		0.78		0.87		0.80
6	Disagreed that contraceptives can give you deformed babies		–		–		0.87		0.70
7	Disagreed that contraceptives are dangerous to your health		–		–		0.72		0.81
8	Disagreed that women who use FP may become promiscuous		–		–		–		0.64
9	Disagreed that women who cook cannot use FP		–		–		0.71		0.68
10	Disagreed that women who do not get enough nutrition should not use FP		0.61		–		0.64		–
	Intra-family discussion	0.84		0.77		0.82		0.74
1	Discussed FP with mother		0.65		–		0.77		–
2	Discussed FP with mother-in-law		0.68		0.68		–		0.78
3	Discussed FP with aunt		0.74		–		0.72		–
4	Discussed FP with sister		0.73		–		–		–
5	Discussed FP with sister-in-law		0.70		0.71		0.61		0.77
6	Discussed FP with father		0.65		–		0.69		–
	Family support	0.88		0.86		0.91		0.83
1	Perceived that mother would support my use of contraceptives		–		0.67		0.70		–
2	Perceived that mother-in-law would support my use of contraceptives		0.82		0.88		0.90		0.86
3	Perceived that sister-in-law would support my use of contraceptives		0.88		0.82		0.89		0.88
4	Perceived that father would support my use of contraceptives		0.85		0.66		0.79		0.63
5	Perceived that father-in-law would support my use of contraceptives		0.76		0.78		0.89		0.87
6	Perceived that religious leader would support my use of contraceptives		–		–		–		–

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