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Table 5.2 Couples’ knowledge of contraceptive methods
Percent distribution of couples by contraceptive knowledge, according to specific
methods, Ethiopia 2000
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Husband Wife
knows knows
Both method, method, Neither
Background know wife husband knows
characteristic method doesn't doesn't method Total
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Any method
81.6 10.5 5.7 2.2 100.0
Any modern method
Pill
IUD
Injectables
Diaphragm/Foam/Jelly
Condom
Female sterilization
Male sterilization
Implants
Any traditional method
Periodic abstinence
Withdrawal
79.5 10.8 6.6 3.1 100.0
72.8 12.7 9.2 5.3 100.0
4.6 7.3 3.6 84.5 100.0
56.0 15.1 14.8 14.1 100.0
1.3 3.9 1.7 93.1 100.0
24.2 42.5 4.2 29.1 100.0
13.6 26.3 11.5 48.5 100.0
1.6 11.4 2.7 84.2 100.0
5.8 9.0 6.8 78.3 100.0
20.7 34.0 5.0 40.3 100.0
17.9 32.7 4.4 45.0 100.0
7.4 19.0 2.9 70.7 100.0
Other methods
0.0 3.0 1.5 95.5 100.0
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Note: Table is based on 1,355 couples.
Table 5.3 shows the percentage of currently married respondents who know of at least one
modern method of contraception according to background characteristics. With the exception of men
in the youngest cohort, differentials in knowledge of a method by age are not very large. However, the
difference by place of residence, region, and education is marked. Not surprisingly, the level of
knowledge of modern methods among currently married women and men in urban areas is higher than
in rural areas (98 percent versus 84 percent for women and 98 percent versus 88 percent for men).
Knowledge of modern methods is almost universal among currently married women in Addis Ababa
(99 percent) and Dire Dawa (95 percent), the most urbanized areas, while it is the lowest in the Affar
and Somali regions, where less than 60 percent of currently married women in each region report
knowledge of at least one modern method. Knowledge of modern methods among currently married
men is relatively higher in the Harari and Tigray regions and in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.
Level of education is positively associated with knowledge of contraceptive methods. Knowledge
of at least one modern method is universal among currently married women and men with secondary
or higher education, and relatively lower among uneducated women and men (83 percent and
87 percent, respectively).
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