TABLE 3.
Proportion of FP providers who apply minimum age barriers, median minimum age, and percentage of FP providers who would not offer a method to an unmarried client, by method and according to type of facilities, Urban RH Initiative, Service Provider Survey, Senegal, 2011
| Public sector |
Private sector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrier and method | Hospitals | Health centers | Health posts | Other public facilities‡ | Total public sector | |
| Percentage of providers who apply minimum age barriers | ||||||
| Pills | 59.3 | 47.3 | 46.0 | 46.9 | 57.0 | 48.8 |
| Injectables | 51.9 | 42.5 | 40.1 | 36.7 | 43.6 | 41.4 |
| Implants | 52.0 | 44.9 | 32.7 | 37.5 | 45.2 | 38.1 |
| Condom | 29.6 | 25.0 | 16.0 | 25.7 | 24.5 | 19.9 |
| EC | 26.9 | 22.2 | 18.1 | 34.8 | 24.2 | 21.1 |
| Median minimum age (interquartile range) | ||||||
| Pills | 18 (4) | 17 (3) | 17 (3) | 15 (2) | 17 (3) | 18 (3) |
| Injectables | 19 (2) | 18 (9) | 18 (5) | 18 (7) | 18 (5) | 18 (4) |
| Implants | 20 (7) | 20 (7) | 18 (9) | 18 (2) | 18 (7) | 18 (4) |
| Condom | 18 (5) | 17.5 (3) | 18 (3) | 18 (1) | 18 (3) | 18 (2) |
| EC | 18 (5) | 17.5 (5) | 17.5 (3) | 18 (2) | 18 (3) | 18 (3) |
| % not offering to unmarried clients | ||||||
| Pills | 12.5 | 18.5 | 9.6 | 23.1 | 12.2 | 20.7 |
| Injectables | 12.5 | 18.5 | 12.1 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 28.1 |
| Implants | 12.5 | 25.9 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 29.8 |
| Condom | 6.3 | 11.1 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 11.6 |
| EC | 6.3 | 13.6 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 21.5 |
| Number of providers | 32 | 81 | 364 | 39 | 516 | 121 |
‡
Dispensaries and community health centers.