Table 3 Percentage distributions of parenting adolescents and young women by type of reasons for contraceptive discontinuation in selected sub-Saharan African countries
Countries | Became pregnant/method failed | Wanted to get pregnant | Husband disapproved | Side effects or health concerns | Access or availability issues | Wanted more effective method | Inconvenient to use | Infrequent sexual activity | Cost of method | Fatalistic | Difficulty getting pregnant | Marital dissolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Angola | 10.2 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
Burundi | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.6 | 23.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
Benin | 0 | 29.3 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 4.7 |
Ethiopia | 8.5 | 55.1 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 |
Ghana | 34.3 | 20.2 | 0 | 10.3 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 20.4 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guinea | 2.3 | 34.6 | 5.4 | 31.1 | 0 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kenya | 18.9 | 27.4 | 6.4 | 20.3 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 |
Lesotho | 9.0 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 0 | 9.5 | 22.2 | 0 | 26.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malawi | 3.2 | 19.2 | 4.0 | 17.1 | 7.3 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 14.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 5.2 |
Mali | 5.7 | 30.8 | 3.9 | 19.1 | 1.8 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 0 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0 |
Mozambique | 10.4 | 26.3 | 11.2 | 25.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
Namibia | 36.7 | 15.8 | 4.7 | 16.8 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.8 |
Niger | 4.1 | 35.8 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 14.8 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 5.4 |
Nigeria | 22.8 | 17.8 | 1.4 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rwanda | 0 | 11.7 | 0 | 45.1 | 0 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 12.1 |
Senegal | 0 | 29.4 | 21.8 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa | 13.7 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 37.1 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 |
Zimbabwe | 2.6 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 27.3 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 4.3 | 16.0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 |
Uganda | 9.6 | 20.1 | 10.3 | 30.8 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
Tanzania | 10.6 | 27.4 | 4.8 | 33.1 | 0.9 | 8.6 | 0 | 10.3 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
Burkina Faso | 23.0 | 32.9 | 0 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 0 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zambia | 7.3 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 28.2 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 |
Total | 9.9 | 22.7 | 6.2 | 20.5 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
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Angola | 7.5 | 15.8 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 1.5 |
Burundi | 9.1 | 34.3 | 7.0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0 | 3.3 |
Benin | 12.5 | 37.4 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 10.4 | 4.3 | 0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.6 |
Ethiopia | 1.6 | 55.6 | 0.6 | 14.7 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.8 |
Ghana | 23.6 | 24.0 | 5.3 | 22.7 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 |
Guinea | 2.4 | 35.7 | 7.1 | 17.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 8.7 | 11.6 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
Kenya | 12.9 | 29.0 | 1.6 | 31.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 1.8 |
Lesotho | 18.7 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 19.4 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Malawi | 2.8 | 26.2 | 3.7 | 27.9 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 8.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
Mali | 7.5 | 34.9 | 11.5 | 16.7 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
Mozambique | 5.4 | 31.9 | 8.6 | 20.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0 | 1.6 |
Namibia | 22.8 | 20.2 | 4.1 | 27.8 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 |
Niger | 1.4 | 53.1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
Nigeria | 14.6 | 36.7 | 5.8 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.8 |
Rwanda | 7.9 | 30.2 | 0.6 | 33.7 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 1.6 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.9 |
Senegal | 2.2 | 34.4 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 2.5 |
South Africa | 8.1 | 13.4 | 3.4 | 24.9 | 2.9 | 10.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 14.1 | 31.9 | 3.8 | 21.1 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 |
Uganda | 7.3 | 27.2 | 6.4 | 36.2 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
Tanzania | 10.3 | 40.3 | 2.9 | 28.6 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 |
Burkina Faso | 7.5 | 49.7 | 4.0 | 22.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
Zambia | 7.2 | 29.1 | 5.2 | 30.4 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.8 |
Total | 8.2 | 31.4 | 4.5 | 23.9 | 3.2 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 |