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Table 6 Experience of women who discontinued due to resupply issues

From: Task-shifting and family planning continuation: contraceptive trajectories of women who received their method at a community-based event in Kinshasa, DRC

 

3 months

6 months

Ever discontinued

n

%

n

%

n

%

Resupply issue

99

100.0

58

100.0

157

100.0

Cost

35

35.4

30

51.7

65

41.4

Did not know where to go

26

26.3

12

20.7

38

24.2

Waiting for next campaign

19

19.2

7

12.1

26

16.6

No time

9

9.1

2

3.5

11

7.0

Stockout

2

2.0

2

3.5

4

2.5

Too far

0

0.0

1

1.7

1

0.6

Other

8

8.08

4

6.9

12

7.6

Were you told where to resupply?

99

100.0

58

100.0

157

100.0

Yes

70

70.7

45

77.6

115

73.3

No

29

29.3

13

22.4

42

25.8

Where were you told to resupply?

70

100.0

45

100.0

115

100.0

Health facility

40

57.1

31

68.9

71

61.7

Community event/worker

24

34.3

12

26.7

36

31.3

Pharmacy

6

8.6

2

4.4

8

6.9

Other

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Number of resupply attempts

99

100.0

58

100.0

157

100.0

None

82

82.8

43

74.1

125

79.6

1

13

13.1

10

17.2

23

14.7

2

4

4.0

2

3.5

6

3.9

More than twice

0

0

3

5.2

3

1.9

Where did you attempt to resupply?

17

100.0

15

100.0

32

100.0

Health Center

12

70.6

10

66.7

22

68.8

Pharmacy

5

29.4

5

33.3

10

31.3

CBD or campaigns/Lelo PF

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Other

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0