Table 3 Percent distribution of main reason for discontinuation, by method, Senegal 2015
From: Women’s contraceptive discontinuation and switching behavior in urban Senegal, 2010–2015
Reason | Implant | IUD | Injectable | Daily pill | Condoms | LAM | Other modern | Traditional | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reduced need | 64.5 | 26.9 | 43.9 | 49.1 | 57.8 | 2.1 | 25.4 | 42.5 | 45.6 |
Method problema | 26.8 | 53.6 | 41.9 | 24.8 | 12.4 | 25.6 | 13.5 | 26.8 | 30.1 |
Method failure/became pregnant while using | 0.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 18.8 | 10.0 |
Husband disapproved | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
Supply (Lack of access/too far, costs too much) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
“Other” | 7.4 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 70.9 | 52.7 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
Missing/DK | 0.6 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Number of discontinuations | 143 | 66 | 985 | 951 | 176 | 114 | 45 | 198 | 2678 |