TABLE 5.
Sociodemographic Characteristics | Women |
---|---|
Age, years, mean | 33.8 |
Marital status, No. | |
Married | 27 |
Not married | 2 |
Number of children, mean | 3.2 |
Education, No. | |
None/some or completed primary | 9 |
Some or completed secondary | 12 |
Post-secondary | 8 |
Currently using the LNG IUS, No. | 30 |
Recently removed the LNG IUS, No. | 3 |
Previously used family planning, No. | 24 |
Family planning methods ever used, No.b | |
Condoms | 5 |
Pills | 5 |
Injectables | 14 |
Implants | 8 |
Copper IUD | 8 |
Other | 2 |
Desire for future children, No. | |
Yes | 17 |
No | 9 |
Maybe | 3 |
Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; LNG IUS, levonorgestrel intrauterine system.
Source: In-depth interviews with LNG IUS clients. Sociodemographic data and data on desire for future children are missing for 4 women.
Not mutually exclusive.