Table 2.
Obstetric and Gynecologic Characteristics of Women Receiving Family Planning Service in Public Health Facilities in Ambo Town, Central Ethiopia, 2019 (n=443)
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration of menses in days | ≤5 | 393 | 88.7 |
| >5 | 50 | 11.3 | |
| Number of sanitary pads used daily during menses | ≤2 | 315 | 71.1 |
| >2 | 128 | 28.9 | |
| Parity | None | 56 | 12.6 |
| 1–2 | 249 | 56.2 | |
| 3–5 | 120 | 27.1 | |
| >5 | 18 | 4.1 | |
| Number of live births | ≤2 | 266 | 68.7 |
| 3–5 | 108 | 27.9 | |
| >5 | 13 | 3.4 | |
| Place of delivery | Home | 45 | 11.6 |
| Institutional | 342 | 88.4 | |
| Birth spacing in years | ≤2 | 73 | 33.2 |
| >2 | 147 | 66.8 | |
| Breast feeding | Yes | 228 | 58.9 |
| No | 159 | 41.1 | |
| Duration of breast feeding | 3–11 months | 117 | 51.3 |
| 12–23 months | 107 | 46.9 | |
| 24 months and above | 4 | 1.7 | |
| ANC follow up | Yes | 349 | 90.2 |
| No | 38 | 9.8 | |
| Got IFA supplementation | Yes | 341 | 97.7 |
| No | 8 | 2.3 | |
| Type of FP being used | OCP | 66 | 14.9 |
| Injectable | 249 | 56.2 | |
| Implantable | 105 | 23.7 | |
| IUCD | 23 | 5.2 | |
| Any FP used previously | Yes | 296 | 66.8 |
| No | 147 | 33.2 |
Abbreviations: ANC, Antenatal care; FP, Family planning; IFA, Iron-folic acid; FP, Family planning; OCP, Oral Contraceptive Pill; IUCD, Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device.