Table 3 Partner and community attitudes towards family planning
Initial acceptors N = 531 (%) | |
|---|---|
When you went looking for family planning services today, were you concerned that someone would see you and guess the reason for your presence? | N = 531 |
Not concerned at all | 431 (81.2) |
Somewhat concerned | 73 (13.8) |
Very concerned | 27 (5.1) |
No response | 0 (0.0) |
Does your husband/partner know that you came to the family planning consultation today? | N = 361 (%) |
Yes | 247 (69.4) |
No | 103 (28.5) |
No response | 11 (3.1) |
Does your husband/partner agree with you using a contraceptive method? | N = 247 (%) |
Completely agrees | 239 (96.8) |
Somewhat agrees | 7 (2.8) |
Somewhat disagrees | 1 (0.4) |
Completely disagrees | 0 (0.0) |
Does not know / No answer | 0 (0.0) |
Do you think your partner / husband would agree or disagree that you are using a contraceptive method? | N = 103 (%) |
Completely agrees | 52 (50.4) |
Somewhat agrees | 13 (12.6) |
Somewhat disagrees | 11 (10.6) |
Completely disagrees | 23 (22.3) |
Does not know / No answer | 4 (3.8) |
Who took the decision to come to this Family Planning consultation? | N = 531 |
Me alone | 354 (66.7) |
My husband / partner and myself (joint decision) | 112 (21.1) |
Friends / family / neighbors | 104 (19.6) |
Husband / partner | 81 (15.3) |
Healthcare staff | 6 (1.1) |
Community-based distributors | 6 (1.1) |
Other | 4 (0.75) |