Table 4.
Descriptive analysis of reasons for pre-pregnancy contraceptive discontinuation among currently pregnant women living in India and Nepal (n=1,032).
| Total | Ever IPV | Intendedness of current pregnancy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unwted N | % (95% CI) | None % (95% CI) | Sexual only % (95% CI) | Physical only % (95% CI) | Sexual and physical % (95% CI) | Wanted % (95% CI) | Mistimed % (95% CI) | Unwanted % (95% CI) | |
| Method failure | 157 | 18.1% (14.1, 22.1) | 13.6% (9.0, 18.2) | 37.3% (12.0, 62.5) | 22.6% (14.9, 30.2) | 30.9% (17.8, 44.0) | 7.9% (4.7, 11.1) | 39.6% (28.4, 50.8) | 40.3% (26.1, 54.6) |
| Wanted to become pregnant | 664 | 61.9% (57.0, 66.8) | 67.8% (61.9, 73.6) | 45.1% (19.4, 70.8) | 51.8% (41.4, 62.2) | 50.4% (36.3, 64.6) | 75.8% (70.9, 80.8) | 35.5% (24.5, 46.5) | 27.2% (13.3, 41.1) |
| Husband disapproved | 31 | 4.2% (2.1, 6.2) | 3.1% (1.0, 5.2) | 5.1% (0.0, 14.9) | 7.5% (1.0, 14.0) | 4.2% (0.0, 10.2) | 2.5% (0.5, 4.4) | 10.2% (3.0, 17.4) | 3.8% (0.0, 7.9) |
| Method concerns1 | 138 | 11.9% (9.0, 14.7) | 12.6% (8.9, 16.4) | 12.5% (0.0, 29.5) | 11.5% (5.6, 17.5) | 7.4% (0.5, 14.4) | 10.4% (7.0, 13.9) | 10.4% (4.5, 16.2),, | 22.1% (11.8, 32.4) |
| Access barriers2 | 9 | 0.9% (0.1, 1.7) | 0.0% (0.0, 0.1) | - | 2.9% (0.0, 5.7) | 2.7% (0.0, 7.8) | 0.5% (0.0, 1.1) | - | 4.7% (0.0, 10.1) |
| Other3 | 33 | 3.1% (1.4, 4.7) | 2.8% (0.7, 5.0) | - | 3.7% (0.4, 7.0) | 4.3% (0.0, 10.4) | 2.9% (0.7, 5.1) | 4.3% (0.6, 7.9) | 1.8% (0.0, 4.4) |
Note: Percentages are weighted.
1
Includes wanting a more effective method, health concerns/side effects and inconvenience of use.
2
Includes lack of access/too far, and costing too much.
3
Includes infrequent sex/husband away, marital dissolution/separation and other.