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Table 5.16 Reason for not intending to use contraception
Percent distribution of currently married women and men who are not using a contraceptive
method and who do not intend to use in the future by main reason for not intending to use,
according to age, Ethiopia 2000
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Women
Men
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Age
Age
______________
______________
All
All
Reason 15-29 30-49 ages 15-29 30-49 ages
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Wants children
50.7 35.4 41.8 86.7 60.6 64.7
Side effects
Health concerns
Lack of knowledge
Access/availability
Cost
Religious prohibition
Opposed to family planning
Husband opposed
Others opposed
Infrequent sex/no sex
Difficult to get pregnant
Menopausal/hysterectomy
Inconvenient
Other reasons
Don't know
Total
Number
2.4 2.5 2.5 1.7 1.2 1.3
7.5 8.8 8.3 2.5 2.0 2.1
10.7 5.9 7.9 0.4 2.8 2.4
2.6 1.6 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.6
0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
8.4 6.9 7.6 2.4 6.4 5.7
8.3 6.4 7.2 2.4 1.0 1.2
3.9 2.6 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2
0.6 2.2 1.5 0.0 0.4 0.4
0.7 11.0 6.7 0.0 11.2 9.4
0.0 12.8 7.4 0.0 7.2 6.1
0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
3.0 2.4 2.6 1.7 5.0 4.5
0.9 1.0 0.9 2.1 1.3 1.4
100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1,995 2,753 4,748 98 530 628
A sizable proportion of women cited opposition to contraceptive use (by self or partner) and
health concerns as the main reason for not intending to use (10 percent and 8 percent, respectively).
Religious prohibition was cited by 8 percent of female and 6 percent of male nonusers as a reason for
not intending to use in the future.
The reported reasons for nonuse differ somewhat by age of
respondents. Younger women under age 30 are more likely to cite
lack of knowledge of methods than older women age 30-49
(11 percent versus 6 percent). They are also more likely to say that
desire for another child is why they do not intend to use. On the
other hand, almost one-fourth of women age 30-49 cited reasons
that are related to infecundity and menopause. Nearly one in five
men age 30 and above also cited infecundity or wife’s menopause as
the main reason for not intending to use in the future.
5.12 PREFERRED METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION FOR FUTURE USE
Future demand for specific methods of family planning can
be assessed by asking nonusers who intend to use in the future
which methods they prefer to use. Table 5.17 presents information
on method preference among currently married women who are not
using a contraceptive method but who say they intend to use in the
future.
Table 5.17 Preferred method of contraception
for future use
Percent distribution of currently married
women who are not using a contraceptive
method but who intend to use in
the future by preferred method, Ethiopia
2000
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Intend
to use
Preferred method
later
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Pill
IUD
Injectables
Condom
Female steriliation
Implants
Periodic abstinence
Withdrawal
Other
Don't know/Missing
Total
Number
37.9
0.1
45.9
0.1
0.3
5.1
1.1
0.0
1.5
8.0
100.0
4,112
64 * Fertility Regulation