Table 3.
Knowledge and Attitude Towards Modern Contraceptive Methods Among Currently Married Women, Damot Woyde District, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2019 (n=643)
| Characteristics | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Know about at least one modern contraceptive | Yes | 636 | 98.9 |
| No | 7 | 1.1 | |
| Source of information for contraceptive | Health extension worker | 439 | 68.3 |
| Health development army | 375 | 58.3 | |
| My friends | 326 | 50.7 | |
| Television | 111 | 17.3 | |
| Radio | 169 | 26.3 | |
| Newspaper | 84 | 13.1 | |
| Different meeting | 290 | 45.1 | |
| Other sources | 20 | 3.1 | |
| Knowledge of contraceptive methods | Oral pills | 611 | 95.0 |
| IUCD | 382 | 59.4 | |
| Injectables | 621 | 96.6 | |
| Implant | 564 | 87.7 | |
| Condom | 365 | 56.8 | |
| Tubal ligation | 229 | 35.6 | |
| Vasectomy | 115 | 17.9 | |
| Visited by and counseled on FP by health extension worker at home in the last 6 months | Yes | 397 | 61.7 |
| No | 246 | 38.3 | |
| Visited health facility in the last 6 months | Yes | 354 | 55.0 |
| No | 289 | 45.0 | |
| In the last 6 months HF visit, health worker counseled for FP (n=354) | Yes | 296 | 83.6 |
| No | 58 | 16.4 | |
| Do not know how to use alternative choice FP | Yes | 75 | 11.7 |
| No | 568 | 88.3 | |
| Mothers attitude towards modern contraceptive methods | Positive attitude | 458 | 71.2 |
| Negative attitude | 185 | 28.8 | |