Table 1.
Contraceptive Use Patterns Among Women Aged 15–44 in 1996 With No Prior Contraceptive Use, Chitwan Valley Family Study, Chitwan, Nepal.
| % who first used specific method and later used: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % of all women in sample (N=943) |
% of women who ever used (N=552) |
Sterilization | Depo-Provera/ IUD/ Norplant |
Sterilization/Depo- Provera/IUD/ Norplant |
|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| Panel A. First method used | ||||||
| Any method* | 552 | 58.54 | 100.00 | -- | -- | -- |
| Any longer-term method | 367 | 38.92 | 66.49 | |||
| Sterilization | 126 | 13.36 | 22.83 | -- | -- | -- |
| Depo-Provera/ IUD/ Norplanta | 241 | 25.56 | 43.66 | 22.82 | -- | -- |
| Pills | 84 | 8.91 | 15.22 | 23.81 | 33.33 | 46.43 |
| Condoms | 79 | 8.38 | 14.31 | 24.05 | 30.38 | 46.84 |
| Foam/otherb | 22 | 2.33 | 3.99 | 18.18 | 22.73 | 40.91 |
| Panel B. Ever used | ||||||
| Any method* | 552 | 58.54 | 100.00 | |||
| Any permanent method | 453 | 55.57 | 82.07 | |||
| Sterilization | 224 | 23.75 | 40.58 | |||
| Depo-Provera/ IUD/ Norplant | 300 | 31.81 | 54.35 | |||
*
Dependent variable in analyses.
a
5 women reported using an IUD as their first method, 1 reported using Norplant
b
No additional information was provided when 'Other' was listed, but 'Abstinence' was a separate category that is not included in the dependent variable here. All results hold if the 'Other' responses are excluded from the dependent variable.