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Table 3 Awareness and use of modern contraceptive methods of married women in Nekemte town, Ethiopia, April, 2014

From: Predictors of modern contraceptive methods use among married women of reproductive age groups in Western Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Variables

Number (%)

Ever heard of modern methods (1003)

 Yes

1002 (99.9)

 No

1 (0.1)

Source of information on Modern contraceptive Methods (1002)

 Health worker

823 (82.1)

 Radio

739 (73.7)

 TV

696 (69.4)

 Friends

201 (20.0)

 Other*

18 (1.8)

Type of Modern contraceptive Methods ever Heard (1002)

 Pills

909 (90.6)

 Injectable

910 (90.7)

 Condom

582 (58.0)

 IUCD

773 (77.1)

 Implant

778 (77.6)

 Female sterilization

315 (31.4)

 Vasectomy

96 (9.6)

Ever use of Modern contraceptive methods (1003)

 Yes

822 (82.0)

 No

181 (18.0)

Current use of modern contraceptive Methods (1003)

 Yes

721 (71.9)

 No

282 (28.1)

  1. Other* = newspaper, husband