Table 2.

Prevalence of use of contraceptive methods at 12 months post partum

			Intervention (n=252)	Control (n=267)	Adjusted PR (95% CI)*
Modern and appropriate methods			115 (46%)	94 (35%)	1·58 (0·74–3·38)
	Long-acting or permanent methods		56 (22%)	18 (7%)	4·47 (2·05–9·74)
		Implant	55 (22%)	16 (6%)	4·36 (1·96–9·70)
		Intrauterine device	1 (<1%)	2 (1%)	0·53 (0·49–2·05)†
		Female sterilisation	0	0	0
		Vasectomy	0	0	0
	Short-acting methods		59 (23%)	76 (28%)	0·92 (0·29–2·98)
		Injectable	20 (8%)	23 (9%)	1·20 (0·31–4·60)
		Pill	12 (5%)	22 (9%)	0·75 (0·29–1·95)
		Male condom	27 (11%)	27 (10%)	1·02 (0·31–3·40)
		Female condom	0	0	0
		Emergency contraception	0	4 (2%)	0‡
		Spermicide	0	0	0
Non-modern or inappropriate methods			18 (7%)	47 (18%)	0·45 (0·13–1·54)
	Lactational amenorrhoea method		0	0	0
	Withdrawal		2 (1%)	9 (3%)	0·09 (0·02–0·49)
	Abstinence		2 (1%)	3 (1%)	1·81 (0·15–22·44)
	Standard-day method		11 (4%)	32 (12%)	0·38 (0·08–0·31)
	Others		3 (1%)	3 (1%)	0·99 (0·03–34·68)
No method			119 (47%)	126 (47%)	0·84 (0·31–2·24)

Data are n (%). PR=prevalence ratio.

^*Accounting for clustering effect and adjusted for living setting, education level, employment, and usual travel time to health centre.

^†Adjusting for clustering effect not possible.

^‡Two-sided p value Fisher's exact test >0·05.