Research Article
Determinants of Modern Contraceptive Methods Discontinuation among Women within Reproductive Age in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia
Table 2
Descriptive summary of variables of the study.
| | Independent variables | Frequency (%) | MCM utilization status | | Continued | Discontinued | | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
| | Age in years | | | | | <25 | 101 (12.5) | 43 (42.6) | 58 (57.4) | | 25-34 | 491 (60.5) | 348 (70.9) | 143 (29.1) | | ≥35 | 219 (27.0) | 183 (83.6) | 36 (16.4) | | Educational level | | | | | No education | 54 (6.7) | 43 (79.6) | 11 (20.4) | | Read and write | 51 (6.3) | 41 (80.4) | 10 (19.6) | | Primary | 219 (27.0) | 149 (68.0) | 70 (32.0) | | Secondary | 248 (30.6) | 163 (67.7) | 80 (32.3) | | Diploma/above | 239 (29.5) | 173 (72.4) | 66 (27.6) | | Marital status | | | | | Not married | 86 (10.6) | 55 (64.0) | 31 (36.0) | | Married | 725 (89.4) | 519 (71.6) | 206 (28.4) | | Monthly income | | | | | <2000 birr | 659 (81.3) | 465 (70.6) | 194 (29.4) | | 2000-4000 | 96 (11.8) | 71 (74.0) | 25(26.0) | | >4000 birr | 56 (6.9) | 38 (67.9) | 18(32.1) | | No. of children | | | | | 0 | 61 (7.5) | 22 (36.1) | 39 (63.9) | | 1-3 | 641 (79.0) | 456 (71.1) | 185 (28.9) | | >3 | 109 (13.4) | 96 (88.1) | 13 (11.9) | | Method chose | | | | | Not by the user | 59 (7.3) | 25 (42.4) | 34 (57.6) | | By the user | 752 (92.7) | 549 (73.0) | 203 (27.0) | | Type of method | | | | | Pills | 169 (20.8) | 96 (56.8) | 73 (43.2) | | Injectables | 367(45.3) | 251(68.4) | 116 (31.6) | | IUCD | 46 (5.7) | 33 (71.7) | 13 (28.3) | | Implant | 229 (28.2) | 194 (84.7) | 35 (15.3) | | Training/counseling | | | | | No | 232 (28.6) | 184 (79.3) | 48 (20.7) | | Yes | 579 (71.4) | 390 (67.4) | 189 (32.6) | | Time taken | | | | | <10minute | 88 (10.9) | 62 (70.5) | 26 (29.5) | | 10-20 | 586 (72.3) | 420 (71.7) | 166 (28.3) | | >20minutes | 137 (16.9) | 92 (67.2) | 45 (32.8) |
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