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Table 5.1 Knowledge of contraceptive methods
Percentage of all women and men, of currently married women and men, of sexually active unmarried women and men, of
sexually inactive unmarried women and men, and of women and men with no sexual experience who know any contraceptive
method, by specific method, Ethiopia 2000
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Unmarried women:
Unmarried men:
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ever had sex Un-
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ever had sex Un-
Cur-
married Cur- married
rently Not women: rently Not men:
Contraceptive All married Sexually sexually never All married Sexually sexually never
method women women active 1 active 2 had sex men men active 1 active 2 had sex
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Any method
81.5 86.2 90.5 83.6 67.0 86.1 91.6 92.2 92.4 72.2
Any modern method
Pill
IUD
Injectables
Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly
Condom
Female sterilization
Male sterilization
Implants
Any traditional method
Periodic abstinence
Withdrawal
Other methods
80.8 85.3 90.5 83.0 66.6 84.7 89.7 89.6 90.9 72.2
77.5 81.9 88.2 80.2 63.1 78.1 85.1 83.9 80.4 63.1
11.1 10.2 22.9 16.2 10.6 11.7 11.9 17.3 15.7 9.1
65.3 69.6 84.9 69.2 50.1 62.2 70.4 54.6 66.2 45.8
4.4 3.6 10.5 5.7 5.4 7.5 5.6 13.6 10.1 9.5
33.0 29.2 68.9 42.3 36.6 64.7 66.6 78.4 73.9 56.0
23.1 23.9 33.3 26.8 18.5 32.6 39.1 40.2 33.7 18.8
4.8 4.7 9.0 5.5 4.4 12.6 12.8 18.0 15.8 10.2
13.6 13.2 30.9 17.8 11.4 13.9 15.2 22.8 12.2 11.1
24.3 24.1 47.8 28.7 21.4 48.0 54.1 62.1 58.6 30.7
21.8 21.5 45.4 25.6 19.3 44.2 50.3 57.3 52.6 27.7
10.7 9.7 28.7 13.6 11.1 26.7 26.5 33.5 39.5 21.2
1.5 1.7 0.2 2.0 0.6 2.6 3.1 2.4 2.8 1.7
Mean no. of methods known 2.7 2.7 4.2 3.0 2.3 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.0 2.7
Number
15,367 9,789 179 1,900 3,499 2,607 1,460 79 307 761
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1 Unmarried women/men who have had sexual intercourse in the one month preceding the survey
2 Unmarried women/men who have ever had sexual intercourse but have not had sexual intercourse in the one month preceding the survey
Although men are more than twice as likely as women to report knowledge of traditional
methods, in general, however, traditional methods are less widely known than modern methods by both
women and men. Nearly one-fourth of currently married women and 54 percent of currently married
men reported that they know of at least one traditional method. The most widely known traditional
method is periodic abstinence, which is recognized by more than one-fifth of currently married women
(22 percent) and half of currently married men. Withdrawal is not as well known, with only one in ten
currently married women and one in four currently married men having heard of the method.
Table 5.2 presents the correspondence between the contraceptive knowledge of husbands and
wives (1,355 couples) in the Ethiopia DHS. Knowledge of at least one method of contraception by both
spouses is relatively high (82 percent). For couples in which only one partner knows of a method,
husbands are more likely to know the method than their wives. Husbands are ten and seven times more
likely than their wives to know of condoms and traditional methods, respectively.
48 * Fertility Regulation