Bangladesh 1993-1994 Demographic and Health ... - Measure DHS

Table 4.24 Reasons for discontinuationPercent distribution of discontinuations of contraceptive methods in the last five years by main reasonfor discontinuation, according to specific methods, Bangladesh 1993-94MethodPeriodicReason for absti- WithdiscontinuationPill IUD Injection Condom nence drawal Other TotalBecame pregnant 4,1 1.5 1.9 8.6 19.7 19.7 38.4 7.8To become pregnant 20.0 9.2 8.9 20.1 32.2 20.2 7.2 19.4Husbend disapproved 1.4 1.4 1.3 24.6 12.7 22.8 2.5 7.1Side effects 43.1 60.9 59.8 12.4 1.4 3.3 11,6 33.8Health concerns 9.0 7.8 6.9 6.4 2.0 3.4 6.3 7.1Access/availability 2.7 0.0 9.5 1.0 0.3 0.6 2.7 2.6More effective method 2.4 1.8 0.9 7,5 14.5 11.1 6.3 4.9Inconvenient to use 0.5 2.5 0.4 3.6 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.2Infrequent sex 5.8 1.8 1.0 4.4 6.2 7.8 2.4 5.0Cost 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3Fatalistic 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Menopause 0.2 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3Marital dissolution 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 0.3Other 6.1 8.7 5.2 7.0 4.7 5.8 11.1 6.3Don't know 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1Missing 4.0 3.0 2.3 3.5 4.5 3.4 8.9 3.9Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number o f discontinuations 2623 312 544 693 633 301 115 5225Note: Total includes 4 discontinuations of male sterilization.4.14 Nonuse of Family PlanningFuture UseTo obtain information about potential demand for family planning services, all currently marriedwomen who were not using contraception at the time of the survey were asked if they intended to use amethod at any time in the future. Table 4.25 shows the distribution of the women by their intention to usein the future, according to the number of living children.Two out of three (66 percent) currently married nonusers say that they intend to use family planningin the future; 42 percent intend to use within the next 12 months, 23 percent intend to use later, and 1 percentwere not sure when they would start using contraception. Twenty-nine percent of nonusers said that they didnot intend to practice family planning in the future, while 4 percent were unsure.The proportion intending to use family planning peaks at 79 percent among nonusers with one child.The timing of the intention to use also varies with the number of living children. For example, the proportionwho intend to use within the next 12 months is considerably lower among childless nonusers than amongthose with children, while the proportion who intend to use after 12 months is lower among women with fouror more children. Among previous users of contraception, one in two women intends to use a method in thenext 12 months, compared to one in three among the never users.63