Assessment of Unmet Need For Family Planning, Utilization and Factors Associated With Unmet Need For Family Planning Among Currently Married Women in Woliso District ,South West Shoa Zone,Oromia Reginal State,Ethiopia.
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Back ground: Reproductive health implies that people have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to reproduce. Sub-Saharan Africa countries face the highest birth rate and population growth rate in the world and Ethiopia is one of the countries with a high population growth rate, and it has become one of the most populous countries in Africa.
It is obvious that solutions are necessary to slow down the rapid rate of population growth all over the world including developing countries. Despite the availability of family planning services in health facilities the unmet need for family planning in Oromia Regional State however, remains high.
Objectives: the objective of this study is to assess the magnitude of unmet need for family planning and associated factors among currently married (in union) women of reproductive age in Woliso district, South West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to June 2013. Multi stage sampling technique was used, by using systematic sampling technique 875 respondents were selected from six kebeles. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods were employed. Data entry and cleaning was done by EPI INFO v3.5.1 and analysis was done using SPSS v16 statistical packages.
Descriptive analyses using frequency and percentage were performed to describe the study population. Bivariate analysis with OR and 95%CI was done to determine the presence and magnitude of an association between independent variables and the main outcome variable (unmet need). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to determine independent predictors of unmet need. A cut-off point for significance was set at a P-value of less than 0.05.
Results: In this study the prevalence of modern contraceptive use among currently married women was 56.4% which is much higher than the national and Oromia regional state. Unmet need for family planning was found to be 21.1%, of which 13.6% was for spacing and 7.5% for limiting. Unlike other study, socio-demographic characteristics such as age at first marriage, age at first pregnancy, and Occupational status, were not found to be associated while religion, ethnicity and number of children a woman ever had showed significant association with unmet need for family planning.
Conclusion: Generally, this study indicated that the contraceptive prevalence in the study area was higher than that of national and Oromia. Religion, ethnicity and number of children a woman ever had been found to be factors associated with unmet need for family planning.
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Reproductive Health,Family Planning,Married Women