Table 2.
Percentage of women with specific opinions, amongst those who have heard of methods (Matlab)
| Attributes | Pills | Injectables | Implants | IUD | Condoms | Female sterilisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access | ||||||
| Easy | 97.2 | 90.4 | 66.1 | 69.5 | 87.1 | 71.5 |
| Hard | 2.2 | 8.0 | 24.9 | 24.1 | 9.6 | 23.9 |
| Don’t know/unsure | 0.6 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| Effectiveness | ||||||
| Yes | 99.3 | 98.6 | 97.0 | 97.3 | 88.0 | 97.6 |
| No | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| Don’t know | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.6 |
| Cause health problems | ||||||
| Yes, serious | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 3.5 | 6.7 |
| Yes, not serious | 20.5 | 33.0 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 3.0 | 8.6 |
| No | 69.1 | 40.2 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 58.6 | 27.3 |
| Don’t know | 7.4 | 19.5 | 65.3 | 66.6 | 34.9 | 57.4 |
| Interfere with menstruation | ||||||
| Yes | 7.6 | 56.8 | 15.7 | 16.5 | – | 4.3 |
| No | 84.4 | 21.6 | 12.9 | 12.0 | – | 33.5 |
| Don’t know | 8.0 | 21.6 | 71.4 | 71.5 | – | 62.3 |
| Cause unpleasant side effect | ||||||
| Yes | 26.2 | 37.8 | 18.7 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 |
| No | 66.1 | 41.7 | 12.2 | 9.0 | 54.1 | 30.8 |
| Don’t know | 7.7 | 20.5 | 69.1 | 69.5 | 38.0 | 61.5 |
| Unsafe to use for a long time | ||||||
| Yes, should take a break | 21.2 | 23.4 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 23.4 | – |
| No, safe for long time | 74.3 | 67.1 | 52.7 | 53.7 | 53.7 | – |
| Don’t know | 4.5 | 9.5 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 22.9 | – |
| Cause infertility | ||||||
| Yes, perhaps | 8.8 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | – | – |
| No | 85.2 | 84.8 | 74.8 | 76.2 | – | – |
| Don’t know | 6.0 | 8.7 | 21.1 | 19.7 | – | – |
| FP use among friend, relatives | ||||||
| Most | 25.0 | 17.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
| About half | 11.8 | 14.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Few | 54.2 | 52.2 | 41.2 | 36.1 | 31.1 | 52.3 |
| None | 4.2 | 8.2 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 14.5 | 21.1 |
| Don’t know | 4.8 | 7.7 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 52.9 | 25.1 |
| Experiences of friend, relatives (1) | ||||||
| Satisfactory | 95.6 | 89.5 | 77.2 | 75.5 | 82.4 | 87.5 |
| Unsatisfactory | 2.2 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 2.0 |
| Mixed/Don’t know | 2.2 | 4.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 10.5 |
| Husband’s approval | ||||||
| Approve | 89.4 | 71.2 | 19.9 | 22.0 | 37.5 | 14.2 |
| Disapprove | 7.5 | 22.6 | 64.2 | 64.4 | 52.7 | 70.8 |
| Don’t know | 3.1 | 6.2 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 9.8 | 15.0 |
| Mean net positive score (2) | 61.9 | 36.2 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 45.8 | 31.8 |
| Mean % of don’t know (3) | 4.9 | 11.2 | 36.7 | 36.4 | 26.0 | 35.4 |
| TOTAL(N) | 2600 | 2583 | 2253 | 1917 | 2572 | 2544 |
(1) Amongst those knowing some friends were using the methods
(2) Mean percent difference between percentages of women who gave positive and negative responses among the above attributes except husband’s approval
(3) Mean percent of women who said “don’t know” to the above attributes except experiences of a method in social network and husband’s approval