Table 2.
Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to family planning in refugee and migrant pregnant women: cross sectional survey results
| Refugee and Migrants | Migrant Sites Comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site name | MLA n = 414 | Total migrant N = 564 | P value | MKT N = 292 | WPA N = 272 | P value |
| Ideal number children | 3 [1–10] | 3 [1–9] | 0.014 | 3 [1–9] | 3 [1–7] | 0.192 |
| Think more than 3 children is ideal | 42.8 (177/414) | 35.1 (198/564) | 0.017 | 34.6 (101/292) | 35.7 (97/272) | 0.792 |
| Age menopause | ||||||
| Did not answer % (n) | 5.2 (22) | 3.9 (22) | 0.349 | 5.1 (15) | 2.6 (7) | 0.132 |
| Median age (If answered) | 35 [20–50] | 40 [24–70] | <0.001 | 45 [24–70] | 38 [25–60] | <0.001 |
| How to space births | ||||||
| Don’t know % (n) | 1.4 (6) | 2.7 (15) | 0.030 | 4.1 (12) | 1.1 (3) | 0.034 |
| Use contraceptive (if know) % (n) | 93.9 (383/408) | 99.5 (546/549) | <0.001 | 99.6 (279/280) | 99.3 (267/269) | 0.617 |
| How to stop having births | ||||||
| Don’t know % (n) | 0.5 (2) | 3.3 (18) | 0.002 | 5.5 (16) | 0.7 (2) | 0.001 |
| Effective method (if know)a % (n) | 98.3 (405/412) | 99.5 543/546) | 0.110 | 99.6 (275/276) | 99.3 (268/270) | 0.620 |
| Use family planning before 1st baby | ||||||
| Don’t know % (n) | 6.3 (26/414) | 5.7 (32/564) | 0.684 | 8.2 (24/292) | 2.9 (8/272) | 0.010 |
| No, you cannot (if know) % (n) | 13.4 (52/388) | 14.8 (79/532) | 0.567 | 15.7 (42/268) | 14.0 (37/264) | 0.627 |
| Type of family planning before 1st baby | ||||||
| Yes, hormonal contraceptives +/− condomsb % (n) | 74.9 (251/335) | 98.4 (440/447) | <0.001 | 97.7 (215/220) | 99.1 (225/227) | 0.278 |
| Yes condoms onlyb % (n) | 25.1 (84/335) | 1.6 (7/447) | 2.3 (5/220) | 0.9 (2/227) | ||
| Termination if severe maternal heart disease | ||||||
| Don’t know % (n) | 8.0 (33/414) | 8.3 (47/564) | 0.906 | 8.2 (24/292) | 8.5 (23/272) | 1.000 |
| Yes, (if know) % (n) | 93.2 (355/381) | 87.0 (450/517) | 0.003 | 84.7 (227/268) | 89.6 (223/249) | 0.116 |
| Termination if poor, parous, suddenly widowed | ||||||
| Have baby and take care % (n) | 86.9 (359) | 66.8 (377) | <0.001 | 80.1 (234) | 52.6 (143) | <0.001 |
| Have baby and adopt % (n) | 8.7 (36) | 8.2 (46) | 6.5 (19) | 9.9 (27) | ||
| Seek an abortion % (n) | 4.4 (19) | 25.0 (141) | 13.4 (39) | 37.5 (102) | ||
| Heard of emergency contraceptionc | ||||||
| Yes, (if know) % (n) | 8.2 (24) | 7.1 (40)c | 0.542 | 7.8 (22)c | 6.8 (18) | 0.743 |
Abbreviations: MLA Maela refugee camp, MKT Maw Ker Thai migrant site, WPA Wang Pha migrant site
Data are median [min-max] unless otherwise stated; anominated an effective method (sterilization or long acting contraception); bof women who replied ‘yes’ seven did not know what type of contraception could be used (one at MLA, six at MKT); ctwo MKT women answered neither