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Table 5.3 Knowledge of contraceptive methods by background characteristics
Percentage of currently married women and men who know at least one contraceptive method
and who know at least one modern method, by selected background characteristics, Ethiopia
2000
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Women
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Men
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Knows
Knows
Knows any Knows any
Background any modern any modern
characteristic method method 1 Number method method 1 Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
80.5 80.0 862 71.4 71.4 7
85.4 84.1 1,807 91.4 88.4 76
87.9 87.0 2,051 92.0 91.4 222
89.0 88.2 1,572 91.7 89.8 228
89.5 89.2 1,441 94.9 94.2 284
85.5 84.3 1,096 91.1 90.0 171
80.0 79.3 961 89.6 88.3 192
NA NA NA 91.7 86.0 139
NA NA NA 88.8 84.4 142
Residence
Urban
Rural
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Education
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
98.1 98.1 1,193 98.4 98.4 183
84.5 83.5 8,596 90.7 88.4 1,277
94.0 93.8 627 96.6 95.7 75
59.9 59.6 125 62.7 60.8 21
87.7 87.6 2,587 90.1 90.1 393
88.6 87.7 3,769 93.2 89.4 567
58.9 58.9 112 82.4 79.3 22
68.5 68.2 111 78.5 77.6 18
80.3 77.9 2,133 92.3 90.7 316
66.8 66.8 30 87.5 86.7 4
92.0 92.0 22 98.0 98.0 3
99.2 99.2 236 96.0 96.0 34
94.7 94.7 38 96.6 95.8 6
84.1 83.1 8,121 89.0 86.5 895
94.9 94.7 1,161 94.5 92.9 397
99.9 99.6 507 98.6 98.6 169
5.2
Total
86.2 85.3 9,789 91.6 89.7 1,460
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NA = Not applicable
1 Pill, IUD, injectables, diaphragm/foam/jelly, condom, female sterilization, male sterilization,
implants
EVER USE OF CONTRACEPTION
Respondents who reported that they had heard of a method of family planning were further
asked whether they had ever used a method to avoid or delay pregnancy. Table 5.4 shows the
percentage of all women, currently married women, and sexually active unmarried women who have
ever used specific methods of contraception. Only 13 percent of all women and 17 percent of currently
married women age 15-49 reported ever using a contraceptive method, in contrast to nearly one in two
sexually active unmarried women. The corresponding numbers for modern methods are 11 percent,
14 percent, and 44 percent, respectively. Ever use of traditional methods is relatively low, with
5 percent of all women, 6 percent of currently married women, and 17 percent of sexually active
unmarried women having ever used them.
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