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Table 5.11 Decision on use of contraceptives
Percent distribution of women currently using a contraceptive by person who mainly decided on
contraceptive use, according to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Main decisionmaker on
current use of contraceptive method
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Background Respon- Husband/
characteristic dent partner Jointly Missing Total Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
20.3 19.2 60.5 0.0 100.0 34
23.9 3.8 72.2 0.0 100.0 135
28.1 7.0 63.7 1.3 100.0 198
23.7 13.5 62.8 0.0 100.0 141
18.5 10.4 68.6 2.6 100.0 157
17.5 15.5 67.0 0.0 100.0 87
(36.6) (7.4) (56.0) (0.0) 100.0 40
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
19.4 8.8 71.2 0.7 100.0 425
28.5 10.9 59.5 1.1 100.0 366
28.4 7.2 63.3 1.1 100.0 64
(28.1) (17.7) (54.2) (0.0) 100.0 10
23.2 7.7 67.0 2.1 100.0 194
25.9 15.8 58.3 0.0 100.0 250
* * * * 100.0 3
24.2 16.4 59.4 0.0 100.0 10
23.1 9.3 66.4 1.2 100.0 136
42.8 10.6 45.0 1.6 100.0 4
12.6 4.9 82.5 0.0 100.0 5
16.7 1.3 82.0 0.0 100.0 106
15.4 2.8 81.8 0.0 100.0 11
26.5 11.8 60.8 0.9 100.0 373
20.7 6.8 72.1 0.4 100.0 191
21.3 8.8 68.6 1.2 100.0 227
Total
23.6 9.8 65.8 0.8 100.0 791
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Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that
a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
5.8 NUMBER OF CHILDREN AT FIRST USE OF FAMILY PLANNING
Family planning methods may be used for either spacing or limiting births to avoid mistimed or
unwanted pregnancies. The 2000 Ethiopia DHS included questions on the number of living children a
woman had when she first used contraception. Table 5.12 shows the percent distribution of women who
have ever used contraception by age group and the number of living children at first use of
contraception.
Younger women report first use of contraception at lower parities than older women.
Contraceptive use among women with no living children, for instance, is more than seven times for those
age 20-24 than among those age 35-39 years, suggesting a shift toward the early use of contraception
and the desire to delay childbearing among Ethiopian women. From another perspective, the oldest
cohorts (age 40-49) of ever-married women report first use after they had a median of 4.3 to 4.9 living
children, compared with less than 1 living child among the younger cohorts (under age 30).
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