Unmet Need for Modern Contraceptive Methods and Associated Factors Among Currently Married Women in Damot Woyde District, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2019

The ability of individuals and couples to anticipate and achieve their desired number of children as well as the spacing and timing of their birth is family planning. Access to family planning and ensuring that needs are met is based on human rights. Nonetheless, for most women, this need has not be...

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Published in:Open access journal of contraception 2020-01, Vol.11, p.177-185
Main Authors: Wolde, Anbessaw, Haile, Dereje, Anjulo, Ufaysa, Wolde, Jegnaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth control
contraceptive
Data collection
ethiopia
Family planning
Health services
International agreements
Midwifery
Original Research
Population
Pregnancy
Questionnaires
Reproductive health
Sample size
Sexual intercourse
Sustainable development
unmet need
Womens health
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Summary:The ability of individuals and couples to anticipate and achieve their desired number of children as well as the spacing and timing of their birth is family planning. Access to family planning and ensuring that needs are met is based on human rights. Nonetheless, for most women, this need has not been met. In addition, in this study field, there was minimal evidence regarding this. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of unmet need of modern contraceptive methods among currently married women in Damot Woyde district, southern Ethiopia. This community based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 20 to 28, 2019. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 658 currently married women of child-bearing age in the study areas. A pretested interviewer administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify the predictors of dependent variables and the adjusted odds ratios with its 95% confidence interval was used to report the level of association. Variables with a -value
ISSN:1179-1527
1179-1527
DOI:10.2147/OAJC.S284129