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ut had had sex before (Table 6.8). Recent sexual activity is higher among men age 30 and over. Only
7 percent of never-married and 8 percent of formerly married men were sexually active in the four weeks
preceding the survey. As expected, married men in a polygynous union have a higher level of recent
sexual activity than married men in a monogamous union (88 percent and 78 percent, respectively).
Since education of men is highly associated with age, without controlling for the confounding effect of
age, it is difficult to interpret the
relationship between education and
sexual activity, but in general, recent
sexual activity declines with men’s level
of education.
6.6 POSTPARTUM AMENORRHEA,
ABSTINENCE, AND INSUSCEPTIBILITY
Postpartum amenorrhea refers
to the interval between childbirth and
the resumption of menstruation, a period
during which a woman is temporarily
infecund. The length and intensity
of breastfeeding influences the duration
of postpartum amenorrhea, as has been
shown in various studies. Women are
considered insusceptible if they are not
exposed to the risk of pregnancy, either
because they are amenorrheic or are
abstaining from sexual intercourse after
a birth. Table 6.9 shows the percentage
of births in the three years prior to the
survey after which mothers are amenorrheic,
abstaining from sex, and insusceptible,
by the number of months since
birth.
Table 6.9 Postpartum amenorrhea, abstinence, and insusceptibility
Percentage of births in the three years preceding the survey for which mothers
are postpartum amenorrheic, abstaining, and insusceptible, by number of
months since birth, and median durations, Ethiopia 2000
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Percentage of births
for which the mother is:
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Months Amenor- Insussince
birth rhoeic Abstaining ceptible Number
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