Table 2.

Reproductive information, knowledge and utilisation of immediate postpartum mothers at JUMC (March and April 2019)

Variables	Categories	Frequency (no)	%
Age	<20	4	4
	20–25	40	40
	26–30	39	39
	31–35	13	13
	>36	4	14
Parity	I	30	30
	II–IV	59	59
	>V	11	11
Current pregnancy planned	Yes	32	32
	No	68	68
No of alive babies a woman has/have	I	29	29
	II–IV	71	71
	>V	3	3
If a woman wants more baby	Yes	56	56
	No	32	32
	Not yet decided	12	12
Time to have the next baby	In 1 year	3	5.4
	In 2–3 years	32	57.1
	In 4 years	17	30.4
	In 5 years	4	7.1
Heard of LARCs	Yes	87	87
	No	13	13
Method they heard	Implant	53	60.9
	IUD	21	24.2
	Both IUD and Implant	13	14.9
Time of counselling	At Antenatal care	50	57.5
	Postdelivery	23	26.4
	During labour	8	9.2
	Other times (like, during routine medical check-ups)	6	6.9
Were you provided currently with any LARC?	Yes	37	37
	No	63	63
Type of LARC provided	Implant	35	94.6
	IUD	2	5.4
Why LARC preferred	Effective	23	62.2
	Has few side effects	9	24.3
	Used for long times	3	8.1
	Easily reversible	2	5.4
Husband support	Yes	80	80
	No	20	20
Reasons why the immediate postpartum women did not use LARCs	Fear of side effects in	17	26.9
	Husband disapproval in	13	20.6
	Taking after 6 weeks of delivery in	11	17.5
	Religious reason	10	15.9
	Told no healthcare providers who can provide	7	11.2
	No commodity is available	5	7.9

IUD, intrauterine devices; JUMC, Jimma University Medical Center; LARCs, long-acting reversible contraceptives.