Table 3.
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.