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Table 3 Description of FP users by selected variables per arms in Afar region, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Use of community-based interventions to promote family planning use among pastoralist women in Ethiopia: cluster randomized controlled trial

Variables

Category

Arms

Control

Women’s education on FP

Male involvement in FP education

Use of FP

Use of FP

Use of FP

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Community responsibility of respondent’s husband

Religious leader

0 (0.0)

3 (5.8)

9 (8.8)

Clan leader

3 (23.1)

5 (9.6)

10 (9.8)

Faema leader*

1 (7.7)

5 (9.6)

17 (5.7)

Type of current FP use

Pill

1 (7.7)

4 (7.7)

6 (5.9)

Depo-Provera

8 (61.5)

45 (86.5)

87 (85.3)

Implanon

2 (15.4)

2 (3.8)

8 (7.8)

Others**

2 (14.4)

1 (1.9)

1 (1)

Disclose to their husband for using FP currently

Yes

5 (38.4)

39 (75)

88 (86.3)

Get support from husband for use of FP

Yes

4 (80)

39 (100)

86 (97.7)

Type of support from husband on FP use

Accompany to a health facility

2 (50)

26 (66.7)

66 (76.7)

Reminding the schedule

1 (25)

33 (84.6)

81 (94.2)

Participate in choosing the type of FP

1 (25)

21 (53.8)

62 (72.1)

Helping in domestic work

2 (50)

26 (66.7)

64 (74.4)

  1. *Applicable for both married women and men; **Condom, Jadelle