Table 1.
The characteristics of study sample (n = 300 withdrawal users)
| 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