Contraceptive Use Among Urban and Rural Women in Debre Tabor Town Administration, South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region
dc.contributor.advisor | Habtamu, Belete (PhD) | |
dc.contributor.author | Abegaz, Alemu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T09:07:25Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:24:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T09:07:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:24:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11428 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
dc.subject | Rural Women | en_US |
dc.title | Contraceptive Use Among Urban and Rural Women in Debre Tabor Town Administration, South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |