Table 2.
Reproductive history of reproductive age group married women at Ejere Health Center family planning clinic (2021).
| Variables | Characteristics | Response | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percent | ||
| Age at marriage | ≤15 | 51 | 19.1 |
| 16-20 | 164 | 61.4 | |
| 21-25 | 38 | 14.2 | |
| ≥26 | 14 | 5.2 | |
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| Gravidity | 0 | 25 | 9.4 |
| 1-2 | 139 | 52.1 | |
| 3-4 | 56 | 21.0 | |
| 5-6 | 26 | 9.7 | |
| >6 | 21 | 7.9 | |
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| Parity | 0 | 39 | 14.6 |
| 1-2 | 136 | 50.9 | |
| 3-4 | 55 | 20.6 | |
| 5-6 | 21 | 7.9 | |
| >6 | 16 | 6.0 | |
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| Age at first childbirth | ≤18 | 63 | 23.6 |
| 19-23 | 134 | 50.2 | |
| 24-29 | 28 | 10.5 | |
| ≥30 | 4 | 1.5 | |
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| Number of alive child | 0 | 39 | 14.6 |
| 1-2 | 141 | 52.8 | |
| 3-4 | 50 | 18.7 | |
| 5-6 | 22 | 8.2 | |
| >6 | 15 | 5. | |
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| History of abortion | 33 | 12.4 | |
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| History of intrauterine fetal death | 1 | 0.4 | |
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| Place of delivery of current child | Institution | 148 | 55.4 |
| Home | 79 | 29.6 | |
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| Complications during current childbirth | 13 | 4.9 | |
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| Decision makers in having a child | Wife | 10 | 3.7 |
| Husband | 25 | 9.4 | |
| Both in discussion | 232 | 86.9 | |