Table 2. Current use of family planning methods by amenorrhea status of currently married nursing mothers with children below 6 months of age.
| Family planning methods | Children < 6 months of age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No amenorrhea | Amenorrhea | Amenorrhea with exclusive breast feeding | Total | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Not using | 59 | 27.6 | 148 | 56.3 | 121 | 79.2 | 328 | 52.1 |
| Pills | 40 | 40 | 15 | 5.7 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 9.1 |
| IUDs1 | 64 | 64 | 44 | 16.7 | 11 | 11 | 119 | 18.9 |
| Injections | 37 | 17.3 | 13 | 4.9 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 8.6 |
| Other modern or traditional methods | 12 | 5.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 15 | 2.4 |
| PBF 2 | 2 | 0.9 | 41 | 15.6 | 13 | 8.6 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Total | 214 | 100 | 263 | 100 | 152 | 100 | 629 | 100 |
| Number (%) of women with children below 6 months not using any method with amenorrhea (n=629) | 269 | 82.0% | ||||||
| Number (%) of women with children below 6 months using the common modern methods (n=629) | 230 | 36.6% | ||||||
| Number (%) of women with children below 24 months using the common modern methods (n=1934) | 968 | 51.1% | ||||||
IUDs: Intra Uterine Devices; PBF:Prolonged Breast Feeding