Variables | Categories | Frequency (no) | % |
Age | <20 | 4 | 4 |
20–25 | 40 | 40 | |
26–30 | 39 | 39 | |
31–35 | 13 | 13 | |
>36 | 4 | 14 | |
Parity | I | 30 | 30 |
II–IV | 59 | 59 | |
>V | 11 | 11 | |
Current pregnancy planned | Yes | 32 | 32 |
No | 68 | 68 | |
No of alive babies a woman has/have | I | 29 | 29 |
II–IV | 71 | 71 | |
>V | 3 | 3 | |
If a woman wants more baby | Yes | 56 | 56 |
No | 32 | 32 | |
Not yet decided | 12 | 12 | |
Time to have the next baby | In 1 year | 3 | 5.4 |
In 2–3 years | 32 | 57.1 | |
In 4 years | 17 | 30.4 | |
In 5 years | 4 | 7.1 | |
Heard of LARCs | Yes | 87 | 87 |
No | 13 | 13 | |
Method they heard | Implant | 53 | 60.9 |
IUD | 21 | 24.2 | |
Both IUD and Implant | 13 | 14.9 | |
Time of counselling | At Antenatal care | 50 | 57.5 |
Postdelivery | 23 | 26.4 | |
During labour | 8 | 9.2 | |
Other times (like, during routine medical check-ups) | 6 | 6.9 | |
Were you provided currently with any LARC? | Yes | 37 | 37 |
No | 63 | 63 | |
Type of LARC provided | Implant | 35 | 94.6 |
IUD | 2 | 5.4 | |
Why LARC preferred | Effective | 23 | 62.2 |
Has few side effects | 9 | 24.3 | |
Used for long times | 3 | 8.1 | |
Easily reversible | 2 | 5.4 | |
Husband support | Yes | 80 | 80 |
No | 20 | 20 | |
Reasons why the immediate postpartum women did not use LARCs | Fear of side effects in | 17 | 26.9 |
Husband disapproval in | 13 | 20.6 | |
Taking after 6 weeks of delivery in | 11 | 17.5 | |
Religious reason | 10 | 15.9 | |
Told no healthcare providers who can provide | 7 | 11.2 | |
No commodity is available | 5 | 7.9 |
IUD, intrauterine devices; JUMC, Jimma University Medical Center; LARCs, long-acting reversible contraceptives.