Table 3 Results from baseline survey on gender-based violence and family planning outcomes
From: Community views on short birth interval in Northern Uganda: a participatory grounded theory
Socio-demographic characteristics | Results from the survey % (n) or XÌ… (SD, n) |
|---|---|
Women interviewed | 255 |
Age | 29.2 (8.4, 255) |
Number of children | 3.3 (2.1, 248) |
Woman’s education above primary | 37.8 (249) |
Woman did not attend school | 4.4 (249) |
Household head | |
 Husband | 68 (255) |
 Parents/parents in law | 21 (255) |
 Woman | 7 (255) |
 Other | 4 (255) |
Husband is a farmer or manual worker | 77 (255) |
Woman or family own agricultural land | 83 (255) |
More than 2 acres of land | 62 (204) |
Woman is involved in decisions on land | 6 (214) |
Women is farmer or manual worker | 74 (255) |
Woman earns money from agricultural work | 97 (231) |
Husband is main financial provider at home | 57 (255) |
Woman contributes as one of the main financial sources at home | 29 (255) |
Children do not receive external financial support | 95 (255) |
Woman reported having enough food during the last week | 62 (255) |
Gender-based violence | |
Woman experienced any form of mental/verbal abuse at home | 36 (254) |
Woman experienced physical violence | 19 (254) |
Child spacing and family planning | |
Woman thinks it is worthwhile to use contraceptives to avoid/delay pregnancy | 87 (254) |
Contraceptives currently used | |
 Condom | 0.4 (255) |
 Implant | 18.4 (255) |
 Injection | 22.7 (255) |
 IUD | 1.2 (255) |
 Natural | 1.6 (255) |
 Vaginal ring | 2 (255) |
 None | 39.6 (255) |
 Not applicable | 14.1 (255) |
Woman could use contraceptives if she wanted to do so | 92 (255) |
Factors can affect your decision on spacing children | |
 Does not trust in contraception | 1 (255) |
 Fear of side effects | 42 (255) |
 Male’s partner decision | 10 (255) |
 Prefer traditional methods | 2 (255) |
 No reason | 116 (255) |
 Too young/being at school | 10 (255) |
 Other | 9 (255) |
Most recent pregnancy outcomes | |
 The partner provided support during last pregnancy | 70 (254) |
 Who paid for transportation to health facility | 58 (234) |
 Husband | 58 (234) |
 Women | 30 (234) |
 Family | 6 (234) |
 Volunteer/community member | 6 (234) |
 Woman did not recognize any danger signs during pregnancy | 38 (250) |
 Woman did not recognize any danger signs during labour | 66 (249) |
 Woman did not have antenatal care | 2 (256) |
 Average number of antenatal care visits | 4.4 (1.4, 251) |
 Woman did not have blood test | 29 (255) |
 Woman did not have urine test | 54 (255) |
 Blurred vision and dizziness | 68 (254) |
 Repeated headaches | 70 (254) |
 Delivered in a health facility | 90 (250) |
Postpartum health outcomes | |
 Fever within the 6 weeks after delivery | 42 (253) |
 Foul discharge from vagina within 6 weeks after delivery | 21 (252) |