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Table 1 Selected Background of Respondents

From: Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya

Characteristics

Matlab

Nairobi

Homa Bay

Educational attainment (%)

 Primary or less

30.4

60.4

77.5

 Secondary or higher

69.6

39.6

22.5

Current FP method use (%) (1)

 No use

40.7

24.6

35.5

 Pills

25.4

8.4

2.7

 Injectables

17.7

32.4

26.8

 Implants

2.2

19.8

17.9

 Condoms

5.5

1.7

8.1

 Other

8.5

13.2

8.9

Women want no more children (%)

44.8

27.0

29.2

Mean age of women

29.3

29.1

27.9

Mean number of living children

1.9

2.3

3.4

Total Number of Respondents

2605

2812

2424

  1. (1) If more than one method is used, only the most effective method is included in this table