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Table 2 Behavioral, and psychosocial characteristics of women coming for infant first measles vaccination at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Dessie Model Clinic, Northeast Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 472)

From: Time to postpartum family planning initiation and its predictors among mothers coming for first measles vaccination at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Dessie Model Clinic, Northeast Ethiopia: cox-regression model

Variable

Category

Frequency (%)

Alcohol drinking

No

318 (67.37)

Yes

154 (32.63)

Chat chewing

No

380 (80.51)

Yes

92 (19.49)

Discussion with husband about FP

No

19 (4.03)

Yes

453 (95.97)

Husband support to use FP

No

25 (5.3)

Yes

447 (94.70)

Getting training on FP

No

351 (74.36)

Yes

121 (25.64)

Getting counseling on FP

No

56 (11.86)

Yes

416 (88.14)

Frequency of sexual contact

At least three per week

261 (55.30)

Three times per month

179 (37.92)

Three times per year

32 (6.78)

Source of information for FP

Provider

401 (84.96)

Family

7 (1.48)

Friend

22 (4.66)

Media

42 (8.90)

Media exposure

Exposed

422 (89.41)

Not exposed

50 (10.59)

  1. FP: family planning