Table 3 Knowledge and practice of family planning among HIV-infected fecund women
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Knows modern contraceptives (n = 489) | |||
Yes | 488 | 99.8 | |
No | 1 | 0.2 | |
Ever used method class (n = 489) | |||
Never used | 80 | 16.4 | |
Folkloric | 3 | 0.6 | |
Traditional method | 12 | 2.5 | |
Modern method | 394 | 80.6 | |
Currently used method class (n = 489) | |||
No method | 238 | 48.7 | |
Folkloric method | 9 | 1.8 | |
Traditional method | 10 | 2.0 | |
Modern method | 232 | 47.4 | |
Current used method type (n = 489) | |||
Not using | 238 | 48.7 | |
Pill | 4 | 0.8 | |
Injectable | 96 | 19.6 | |
Condom | 62 | 12.7 | |
Female Sterilization | 54 | 11.0 | |
Male Sterilization | 1 | 0.2 | |
Periodic Abstinence | 4 | 0.8 | |
Withdrawal | 6 | 1.2 | |
Norplant | 13 | 2.7 | |
Female condom | 2 | 0.4 | |
Other | 9 | 1.8 | |
Reasons for FP use (n = 489) | |||
Using to space | 83 | 17.0 | |
Using to limit | 168 | 34.4 | |
Non-users | 238 | 48.7 | |
Reasons for not using FP (n = 489) | |||
Using FP | 251 | 51.4 | |
Unmet need to space | 36 | 7.4 | |
Unmet need to limit | 71 | 14.5 | |
Desire birth in less than 2 years | 63 | 12.9 | |
No sex, want to wait | 63 | 12.9 | |
No response | 5 | 1.0 | |