Research Article
Predictors of Contraceptive Adherence among Women Seeking Family Planning Services at Reproductive Health Uganda, Mityana Branch
Table 3
Variables associated with contraceptive adherence.
| | Discontinuation of contraceptive use at some time for reasons other than pregnancy | Yes () | No () | P value |
| | Education | | |
<0.001 | | Primary or no education | 65 (63%) | 38 (37%) | | | Secondary or tertiary education | 26 (24%) | 82 (76%) | | | Male spouse support | | | 0.429 | | Yes | 45 (48%) | 48 (52%) | | | No | 46 (39%) | 72 (61%) | | | Age mean in years at first pregnancy (SD) | 20.03 (3.55) | 20.06 (3.59) | 0.351 | | Age mean in years at start of contraceptive (SD) | 21.9 (4.58) | 22.002 (5.01) | 0.13 | | Nature of work | | | 0.99 | | Salaried/business | 70 (50.4%) | 69 (49.6%) | | | Nonsalaried/business | 21 (29.2%) | 51 (70.8%) | | | Perceived benefit from contraceptive adherence | | | 0.54 | | Score below the median (13) | 36 (36.7%) | 62 (66.3%) | | | Score above the median (13) | 55 (48.7%) | 58 (51.3%) | | | Perceived self-efficacy | | | 0.015 | | Score below the median (4) | 57 (58.8%) | 40 (41.2%) | | | Score above the median (4) | 34 (29.8%) | 80 (70.2%) | | | Understanding contraceptive information | | | 0.502 | | Score below the median (16) | 60 (53%) | 53 (47%) | | | Score above the median (16) | 31 (31.6%) | 67 (86.4%) | |
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