Determinants of Implanon Discontinuation among Women Who Use Implanon at Bahir Dar Town Health Institutions, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants among women who use Implanon in Bahir Dar town health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia, December 2019.

Variables	Categories	Cases (n = 141), n (%)	Controls (n = 448), n (%)
Age of respondents in years	<20	12 (8.5%)	9 (2.2%)
	20–24	35 (24.8%)	89 (21.3%)
	25–29	44 (31.2%)	161 (38.5%)
	30–34	38 (27%)	109 (26.1%)
	≥35	12 (8.5%)	50 (12%)
Marital status	Single	50 (35.5%)	138 (33%)
	Married	75 (53.2%)	253 (60.5%)
	Widowed	8 (5.7%)	10 (2.4%)
	Divorced	8 (5.7%)	16 (3.8)
Religion	Orthodox	97 (68.8%)	260 (62.2%)
	Muslim	21 (14.9%)	96 (23%)
	Protestant	23 (16.3%)	61 (14.6%)
Women’s education status	No education	20 (14.2%)	40 (9.6%)
	Primary education	2 (1.4%)	30 (7.2%)
	Secondary education	17 (12.1%)	62 (14.8%)
	Certificate and above	102 (72.3%)	286 (68.4%)
Partner’s educational status	No education	34 (24.2%)	88 (21.1%)
	Primary education	7 (5%)	19 (4.5%)
	Secondary education	31 (22%)	105 (25.1%)
	Certificate and above	69 (48.9%	206 (68.4%)
Maternal’s occupational status	Housewife	23 (16.3%)	71 (17%)
	Farmer	9 (6.4%)	8 (1.9%)
	Merchant	35 (24.8%)	99 (23.7%)
	Employed	49 (34.8%)	193 (46.2%)
	Others (students)	25 (17.7%)	46 (11%)