Table 3 Reproductive characteristics of married women of reproductive age in Shashogo district, 2021 (n = 617)
Variable | Categories | Number | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of persons in the household | \(<\) Three | 70 | 11.4 |
Four-six | 266 | 43.1 | |
\(\ge\)Seven | 281 | 45.5 | |
Number of male children alive | \(>\)Three | 554 | 89.8 |
Four-six | 53 | 8.6 | |
> seven | 10 | 1.6 | |
Number of female children alive | < three | 519 | 84.1 |
\(\ge\)four | 98 | 15.9 | |
Sex of a child wanted to have | Male | 175 | 30.3% |
Female | 40 | 6.9% | |
No preference | 136 | 23.5% | |
Both equally | 227 | 39.3% | |
A deciding body on the number of children | Wife | 395 | 64% |
Husband | 34 | 5.5% | |
Together | 188 | 30.5% | |
Discussing fertility issues with a husband | Yes | 484 | 78.4% |
No | 133 | 21.6% | |
Experience of abortion | Yes | 69 | 11.2% |
No | 548 | 88.8% | |
Source of Information about family planning method | Radio | 63 | 10.2 |
Friends | 170 | 27.6 | |
Health workers | 360 | 58.3 | |
Husband | 24 | 3.9 | |
Type of LARC ever used | Yes | 363 | 58.8 |
No | 254 | 41.2 | |
Current use of PLARC | Yes | 224 | 36.3 |
No | 393 | 63.7 | |
Type of PLARC currently using(n = 224) | Implants | 192 | 85.7 |
IUCD | 32 | 14.3 |