Table 1.
Frequency | % | ||
---|---|---|---|
Age | |||
< 35 | 200 | 66.7 | |
≥ 35 | 100 | 33.3 | |
Mean (SD) | 31.4 (6.6) | ||
Education | |||
Primary | 61 | 20.3 | |
Secondary | 154 | 51.3 | |
Higher | 85 | 28.3 | |
Employment status | |||
Housewife | 226 | 75.3 | |
Employed | 74 | 24.7 | |
Time since marriage (years) | |||
10 < | 161 | 53.7 | |
10 ≥ | 139 | 46.3 | |
Mean (SD) | 10.0 (6.0) | ||
Number of children | |||
0 | 16 | 5.3 | |
1 | 89 | 29.7 | |
2 | 118 | 39.3 | |
3 ≥ | 77 | 25.6 | |
Experience of unwanted pregnancy | |||
Yes | 86 | 28.7 | |
No | 214 | 71.3 | |
Contraceptive methods used while experienced unwanted pregnancy (n = 86) | |||
None | 23 | 26.7 | |
Withdrawal | 32 | 37.2 | |
OCP* | 14 | 16.3 | |
IUCD** | 6 | 7.0 | |
Injection | 1 | 1.2 | |
Condom | 10 | 11.6 | |
Results of unwanted pregnancy (n = 86) | |||
Delivery | 55 | 64.0 | |
Spontaneous abortion | 13 | 15.1 | |
Induced abortion | 17 | 19.7 | |
Not responded | 1 | 1.2 | |
Contraceptive methods used before underwent induced abortion (n = 17) | |||
Withdrawal | 9 | 52.9 | |
Condom | 4 | 23.5 | |
None | 3 | 17.6 | |
Pill | 1 | 5.9 |
* OCP: oral contraceptive
** IUCD: intrauterine contraceptive device