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. 2019 Oct 22;16(20):4037. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16204037

Table 3.

Knowledge and attitude differences of the respondents of family planning methods and the consequences of early pregnancy by intervention and control areas.

Characteristics Respondents’ n (%) p-Value
Intervention (n = 799) Control (n = 802)
Knowledge about FP methods # n = 799 n = 798
 Oral pill ‡ 794 (99.4) 795 (99.6) 0.479
 Injection ‡ 785 (98.3) 714 (89.5) 0.000 *
 Condom ‡ 762 (95.4) 530 (66.4) 0.000 *
 Implant ‡ 715 (89.5) 447 (56.0) 0.000 *
 IUD ‡ 502 (62.8) 98 (12.3) 0.000 *
 Tubectomy ‡ 271 (33.9) 64 (8.0) 0.000 *
 Vasectomy ‡ 158 (19.8) 38 (4.8) 0.000 *
 Emergency contraceptive pill ‡ 141 (17.7) 98 (12.3) 0.003
Knowledge of the consequences of early pregnancy #
 Health risk of mother ‡ 753 (94.2) 680 (84.8) 0.000 *
 Health risk of baby ‡ 619 (77.5) 242 (30.2) 0.000 *
 Maternal death ‡ 405 (50.7) 315 (39.3) 0.000 *
 Neonatal death ‡ 282 (35.3) 222 (27.7) 0.001 *
 More chances of caesarean delivery ‡ 105 (13.1) 161 (20.1) 0.000 *
 More chances of having miscarriages ‡ 103 (12.9) 16 (2.0) 0.000 *
Attitude on support for using FP methods §
 Supported 792 (99.1) 756 (94.7) 0.000 *
 Didn’t support 7 (0.9) 42 (5.3)
Perceptions of husbands’ attitude for using FP methods §
 Supported 786 (98.4) 728 (91.2) 0.000 *
 Didn’t support 11 (1.4) 38 (4.8)
 Didn’t know 2 (0.2) 32 (4.0)
Perceptions on responsibility of FP method use ** n = 799 n = 802
 Respondents’ responsibility 139 (17.4) 273 (34.0)
 Husband’s responsibility 79 (9.9) 161 (20.1) 0.000 *
 Responsibility of Both 581 (72.7) 368 (45.9)

# Only the correct answers were calculated, multiple responses; * significant difference; ‡ p-value was calculated using two-sample proportion test; ** p-value was calculated using the chi-square test; § p-value was calculated using Fisher’s exact test.