Table 5.
Description of long acting and its users by basic demographic among married women in Wukro town and Kilteawlaelo district, 2013/14
| Variables | Urban (n = 518) | Rural (n = 517) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of LACMs | Use of LACMs | |||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Farming | 2 (2) | 2 (0.5) | 170(87.5) | 250 (78) |
| Business | 17 (17) | 63 (15) | 5(2.5) | 0.00 |
| Daily labor | 10 (10) | 71 (17) | 291) | 0.00 |
| Government employment | 13 (13) | 45 (11) | 4 (2) | 0.00 |
| Others | 61 (59) | 234 (56) | 14 (7) | 72 (22) |
| Number of abortion | ||||
| 1 | 18 (90) | 71 (75.5) | 40 (83) | 51 (76) |
| 2 or more | 2 (10) | 23 (24.5) | 8 (17) | 16 (24) |
| Desired number of children | ||||
| ≤2 | 6 (6) | 21 (5) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) |
| 3-4 | 63 (61) | 242 (58.5) | 30 (15.4) | 57 (18) |
| ≥5 | 34 (33) | 151 (36.5) | 164 (84) | 264 (82) |
| Walking distance from home to health facility | ||||
| <30 min | 97 (94) | 396 (95) | 85 (44) | 110 (34) |
| 30 min-1 hour | 6 (6) | 19 (5) | 66 (34) | 122 (38) |
| >1 hour | 0 | 0 | 44 (23) | 90 (28) |
| Type of LACM used | ||||
| Implanon | 77 (75 %) | 0 | 184 (94 %) | 0 |
| I UCD | 26 (25 %) | 0 | 11 (6 %) | 0 |