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To get an insight into the level of “missed opportunities,” that is, contacts between nonusers and
health workers that were not utilized to motivate nonusers to adopt family planning, nonusers were
asked whether they had visited a health facility in the 12 months preceding the survey. Those who had
visited a health facility were further asked whether anyone at the facility had discussed family planning
with them during the visit.
Eight percent of women who visited a health facility in the past 12 months reported that someone
at the facility had spoken to them about family planning. This contrasts with 27 percent who said that
no one discussed family planning methods with them during their visit. By region, the level of “missed
opportunities” was lowest in the Tigray Region. Women with secondary education or higher are more
likely to have visited a health facility and discussed family planning with a provider than women with
less education.
5.16 DISCUSSION OF FAMILY PLANNING BETWEEN SPOUSES
Spousal communication is an important intermediate step toward eventual adoption and use of
contraceptive methods. It is also an indication of the acceptability of family planning. Table 5.21
indicates that two-thirds of currently married women who know of a contraceptive method did not
discuss family planning with their husband in the 12 months prior to the interview.
Nearly one in five women had discussed family planning once or twice, while 15 percent said
they had talked more often. Women in their twenties and thirties are relatively more likely to discuss
family planning with their husband than women in their teens and in their forties. The aforementioned
results could probably reflect some reticence among Ethiopian couples in discussing such matters openly,
or lack of personal interest, or even hostility to the subject.
Table 5.21 Discussion of family planning with husband
Percent distribution of currently married women who know a contraceptive method by the number of times family
planning was discussed with their husband in the past year, according to current age, Ethiopia 2000
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Number of times family
planning was discussed with husband
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Three
Once or or more
Age Never twice times Missing Total Number
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15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
69.9 16.9 13.3 0.0 100.0 694
64.0 22.0 13.9 0.1 100.0 1,542
61.9 18.8 19.2 0.2 100.0 1,803
63.0 20.9 16.2 0.0 100.0 1,399
64.3 18.2 17.6 0.0 100.0 1,290
70.0 17.1 12.9 0.0 100.0 937
78.8 11.5 9.7 0.0 100.0 769
Total
65.9 18.6 15.4 0.1 100.0 8,434
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