Women’s Autonomy Decision Making Power on Postpartum Modern Contraceptive Use and Associated Factors in North West Ethiopia

Table 2

Obstetric history of mothers, in Sekota town and its surroundings, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2017 .

Variables	Categories	Frequency n (%)	Variables	Categories	Frequency n (%)
Gravidity	≤2	189 (45.5)	Unplanned for	Spacing	79 (71.2)
	3–4	126 (30.4)		Limiting	32 (28.8)
	≥5	100 (24.1)	used contraceptive	Yes	5 (4.5)
No of parity	≤2	210 (50.6)		No	106 (94.5)
	3–4	131 (31.6)	Why did not used	Fear of side effect	10 (9.4)
	≥5	74 (17.8)		Spousal disapproval	23 (21.7)
No of living children	≤2	211 (50.8)		On breastfeeding	17 (16.0)
	3–4	131 (31.6)		Amenorrhearic	26 (24.5)
	ࣙ5	73 (17.6)		Lack of FP method	5 (4.7)
Index child place of delivery	Health facilities	340 (81.9)		Absent of choice methods	5 (4.7)
	home	75 (18.1)		Religious reason	20 (18.9)
Time gap b/n previous and index birth n = 309	<1 year	71 (23.0)	Future fertility desire	Want another before 2 years	16 (3.9)
	1–2 years	162 (53.0)		Want another after 2 years	190 (45.8)
	≥3 years	76 (24.0)		Do not want more child	63 (15.2)
Present birth planned	Yes	304 (73.3)		Not decide	146 (35.2)
	No	111 (26.7)