Table 3. Percentage discontinuing use, by type of method and reason, Arusha, 2018.

	Reasons
Method discontinued	Method failure	Desire to become pregnant	Other reasons	Side effects/health concerns	Wanted more effective method	Other method related	Other/DK	All reasons
Injectables	2.5	9.2	4.6	19.8	2.9	3.0	5.9	47.9
Implants	0.0	5.6	0.2	5.9	0.0	0.3	0.4	12.3
Pills	4.9	12.5	6.9	19.7	4.7	6.2	3.5	58.6
Male condoms	3.1	9.5	26.1	6.6	6.4	0.0	8.4	60.1
Rhythm	9.7	12.2	10.4	3.5	8.6	1.8	0.5	46.7
Other	5.8	6.3	9.9	6.0	24.1	0.9	3.6	56.5
All methods	4.2	9.3	7.3	11.7	6.4	2.3	3.4	44.6

Notes: The sample is 2623 episodes which were initiated after the baseline interview among 1966 women. “Other reasons” include “infrequent sex/husband away”, “difficult to get pregnant/menopause”, and “marital dissolution”. The rate is based on the survival model (multiple-decrement life-table approach). “Other” methods include IUD and withdrawal due to the small size, in addition to lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM), female condoms, emergency contraception, other modern method, and other traditional method.