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Table 5 Description of long acting and its users by basic demographic among married women in Wukro town and Kilteawlaelo district, 2013/14

From: Rural women are more likely to use long acting contraceptive in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: a comparative community-based cross sectional study

Variables

Urban (n = 518)

Rural (n = 517)

Use of LACMs

Use of LACMs

Yes

No

Yes

No

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Occupation

    

 Farming

2 (2)

2 (0.5)

170(87.5)

250 (78)

 Business

17 (17)

63 (15)

5(2.5)

0.00

 Daily labor

10 (10)

71 (17)

291)

0.00

 Government employment

13 (13)

45 (11)

4 (2)

0.00

 Others

61 (59)

234 (56)

14 (7)

72 (22)

Number of abortion

    

 1

18 (90)

71 (75.5)

40 (83)

51 (76)

 2 or more

2 (10)

23 (24.5)

8 (17)

16 (24)

Desired number of children

    

 ≤2

6 (6)

21 (5)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.3)

 3-4

63 (61)

242 (58.5)

30 (15.4)

57 (18)

 ≥5

34 (33)

151 (36.5)

164 (84)

264 (82)

Walking distance from home to health facility

 

 <30 min

97 (94)

396 (95)

85 (44)

110 (34)

 30 min-1 hour

6 (6)

19 (5)

66 (34)

122 (38)

 >1 hour

0

0

44 (23)

90 (28)

Type of LACM used

    

 Implanon

77 (75 %)

0

184 (94 %)

0

I UCD

26 (25 %)

0

11 (6 %)

0