Table 2 Contraceptive access and use by urban–rural setting, gender, and age group (n = 423)
Variable | Urban | Rural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young men | Young women | Older women | Total | Young men | Young women | Older women | Total | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Current contraceptive method | ||||||||
No method | 44 (92) | 42 (70) | 37 (36) | 123 (58) | 29 (94) | 46 (58) | 40 (39) | 115 (54) |
Copper IUD | 48 (100) | 1 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
Hormonal IUD | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) |
Implant | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
Injectable | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 3 (3) | 4 (2) | 0 (0) | 6 (8) | 11 (11) | 17 (8) |
Male/female condom | 3 (6) | 1 (2) | 5 (5) | 9 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 3 (1) |
Pills | 0 (0) | 7 (12) | 18 (18) | 25 (12) | 1 (3) | 17 (22) | 24 (24) | 42 (20) |
Sterilisation | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (4.5) | 5 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 5 (2) |
Withdrawal/natural methods | 1 (2) | 8 (13) | 51 (50) | 61 (29) | 1 (3) | 14 (18) | 24 (24) | 39 (19) |
Access to contraceptives comparing 2020 to 2019 (N = 185) | ||||||||
Much easier | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 5 (8) | 6 (6) |
Somewhat easier | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (14) | 9 (10) | 0 (0) | 5 (15) | 7 (11) | 12 (12) |
No difference | 4 (100) | 6 (33) | 31 (47) | 41 (47) | 0 (0) | 14 (42) | 10 (16) | 24 (25) |
Somewhat more difficult | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Much more difficult | 0 (0) | 9 (50) | 26 (39) | 35 (40) | 2 (100) | 13 (39) | 40 (65) | 55 (57) |