Table 3.

Attitude toward contraception among study participants

Reason for current contraception use (n=65)	n (%)*
Small family norm	38 (58.5%)
Completed family	26 (40%)
Economic reasons	9 (13.8%)
Spacing	3 (4.6%)
Exacerbation of illness during pregnancy and postpartum	3 (4.6%)
Social reasons	3 (4.6%)
Motivation to use contraception	1 (1.5%)
Reason for not adopting contraception currently, n=31	n (%)*
Lack of adequate awareness	11 (35.5%)
Fear of side effects	8 (25.8%)
Wants to have a male child/another child	14 (45.2%)
Did not receive information about family planning in mental health services	10 (32.3%)
Social reasons	3 (9.6% )
Not expecting to have sex	3 (9.6% )
Difficulty in planning ahead about contraception	1 (3.2%)
Difficulty in accessing family planning services	1 (3.2%)
Felt her view was not considered important by her family	1 (3.2%)
Inconvenient to use	1 (3.2%)

*The total percentage is more than 100 because some participants might be citing more than one reason