Contraceptive Use Among Urban and Rural Women in Debre Tabor Town Administration, South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective 0/ the study is to examine the levels 0/ contraceptive use 0/ women 0/ childbearing
age in Debre Tabor Town administration, South Gondar zone, Amhara Region. The
contraceptive use 0/630 (296 sub-urban and 334 urban) women 0/ childbearing age (15-49
years) and some correlates 0/ contraceptive use in the study area have been dealt.
The main rationale o/the study includes assessing and determining the level 0/ cOl1lraceptive use
and the reasons lor use and non-use 0/ contraceptive methods and provides inslitutions with
opportunities /01' inteervention in contraceptive use. The study is cross-sectional study design
employing both quantitative and qualitative methods.
The current contraceptive use o/the study area is 34.3 % (38.02% /01' the urban residents,
30.07% lor the sub-urban residents) whereas the ever use 0/ contraceptives was 39. 7%. Current
contraceptive use by age indicates that there is high cOl1lraceptive use in the age group 25-34
years compared to 15-24 and 35 + age groups. In addition, the main results o/Ihe chi-square test
and binwy logistic model revealed that contraceptive use is significantly affected by the number
o/living children, desire lor more children, educational level 0/ women, work status 0/ women
and media exposures. The knowledge 0/ any method 0/ contraceptive was 94%. The commonly
used methods 0/ contraceptives in the study area include injectables followed by pills, condoms
and nOlplants /01' women. The two main purposes 0/ using contraceptives include spacing /01'
children (50%) and limiting /01' children (33.3%) and other reasons (16. 7%). Spacing dominates
over limiting. The most important reasons lor non-use include method related reasons /ollowed
by fertility related and opposition related reason o/the total non-users reasons.
On the part o/the conclusion, women as a whole have low contraceptive use. Finally,the
recommendations 0/ the study forwarded include promotion 0/ lEC, provision 0/ forums,
debates, trainings, workshops, discussions, experience sharing, educating women and providing
option /01' women, providing education on the benefits 0/ small family size and family planning,
and enhancing/emales decision making and autonomy.
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Rural Women