Table 2.
Percent distributions on fertility and contraceptive behaviors related to unmet need for panel of non-contracepting exposed Ugandan females at baseline (2014) and follow-up (2018) surveys
| Non-user panel n = 747 |
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|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | At baseline | At follow-up |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Any contraceptive use | ||
| Using a modern method | 0.0 | 25.4 |
| Using a traditional method | – | 1.5 |
| Not using | 100.0 | 73.1 |
| Last pregnancy wantedness | ||
| Then | 50.9 | 51.1 |
| Later (mistimed) | 25.3 | 27.0 |
| Not at all (unwanted) | 18.9 | 20.5 |
| Don't know/No answer | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Never pregnant/given birth | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| Desire for more children | ||
| More children < 2 years | 12.7 | 8.7 |
| More children 2 + years | 52.1 | 42.0 |
| No more children | 35.1 | 45.7 |
| Infertile | – | 3.6 |
| No answer | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Unmet need status | ||
| Unmet need for spacing | 40.8 | 22.4 |
| Unmet need for limiting | 30.8 | 23.2 |
| Using for spacing | – | 15.0 |
| Using for limiting | – | 11.9 |
| No unmet need | 28.4 | 12.1 |
| Infecund or menopausal | – | 9.5 |
| Not sexually active | – | 5.9 |
| Type of method adopted by 2018 (n = 249) | ||
| Female sterilization | – | 7.5 |
| Male sterilization | – | 0.0 |
| Implants | – | 23.4 |
| IUD | – | 3.0 |
| Injectables | – | 46.8 |
| Pill | – | 6.0 |
| Male/female condoms | – | 5.5 |
| Emergency contraception | – | 0.5 |
| Other modern (Diaphragm, beads, LAM) | – | 1.5 |
| Rhythm | – | 3.0 |
| Withdrawal | – | 2.5 |
| Intention to use modern contraception in future | ||
| Yes | 58.2 | 39.3 |
| No | 41.8 | 18.4 |
| Currently using | – | 26.9 |
| Infecund or menopausal | – | 9.5 |
| Not sexually active | – | 5.9 |
In addition to not contracepting, exposed females are sexually active and non-menopausal.