Table 2.
Description of client, provider, and facility background characteristics after selecting for clients that are either prescribed or provided a contraceptive method
| Variable | Category | % (Weighted N) |
|---|---|---|
| Client characteristics | ||
| Client’s age | 14–24 | 26.6 (232) |
| 25–39 | 57.6 (502) | |
| 40–58 and don’t know | 15.8 (138) | |
| Client’s education | No education | 49.3 (430) |
| Primary and post-primary | 30.3 (264) | |
| Secondary or more | 20.4 (178) | |
| Fee paid for servicea | 0–9 | 7.7 (67) |
| 10–499 | 14.4 (125) | |
| 500–999 | 46.6 (407) | |
| 1,000 or more | 31.3 (273) | |
| Waiting time | No wait | 12.8 (111) |
| Less than half hour | 29.4 (257) | |
| Half hour to one hour | 19.8 (173) | |
| One hour to 2 hours | 18.4 (161) | |
| 2 hours or more | 19.6 (171) | |
| Client status | New client | 30.7 (268) |
| Returning client | 69.3 (605) | |
| Contraceptive method used | Pills | 24.8 (216) |
| Progestin-only injection | 60.3 (526) | |
| IUD or implantsb | 14.9 (130) | |
| Client left with a method | Yes | 94.0 (820) |
| No | 6.0 (52) | |
| Provider characteristics | ||
| Provider category | Nurse or nurse assistantc | 32.2 (281) |
| Midwife and other | 67.8 (592) | |
| Provider sex | Male | 18.2 (159) |
| Female | 81.8 (713) | |
| Provider years of education | 6–12 | 6.5 (56) |
| 13–16 | 58.2 (507) | |
| 17+ | 35.4 (309) | |
| Provider training in family planning in the past 24 months | Yes | 45.1 (393) |
| No | 54.9 (479) | |
| Provider activities supervised | None | 20.7 (181) |
| 1–5 | 28.8 (251) | |
| 6 | 50.4 (440) | |
| Provider has a job description | Yes | 57.8 (504) |
| No | 42.2 (368) | |
| Provider salary type | Monthly or daily salary | 63.7 (556) |
| No regular salary but other compensation | 26.0 (227) | |
| None | 10.2 (89) | |
| Health facility characteristics | ||
| Health facility type | Hospital/health center | 19.0 (166) |
| Health post | 81.0 (706) | |
| Locality | Urban | 52.1 (454) |
| Rural | 47.9 (418) | |
| Region | Northern | 18.0 (157) |
| Dakar | 27.6 (241) | |
| Thiès | 14.4 (126) | |
| Central | 19.4 (169) | |
| East | 4.4 (38) | |
| South | 16.2 (142) | |
| General structure equipment composite index | Low | 40.5 (353) |
| Medium | 27.0 (235) | |
| High | 32.6 (284) | |
aCurrency in CFA, 1 USD ~ 600 CFA
bIncludes 10 respondents who used other methods, which were male condoms, LAM, and counseling on periodic abstinence
cIncludes 4 unweighted doctors and specialists for users