Table 3 Married women’s knowledge on family planning in pastoralist community of Afar region, 2013
Characteristics | Yes | No | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | % | No | % | |
Source of information (n = 373) | ||||
Health facility | 150 | 40.2 | 223 | 59.8 |
Family | 33 | 8.8 | 340 | 91.2 |
Husband | 18 | 4.8 | 355 | 95.2 |
Volunteers | 56 | 15 | 317 | 85 |
Health extension workers | 140 | 37.5 | 233 | 62.5 |
Friends | 127 | 34 | 246 | 66 |
Nongovernmental organization | 33 | 8.8 | 340 | 91.2 |
Private clinic | 3 | 0.8 | 370 | 99.2 |
Mass media | 36 | 9.7 | 337 | 90.3 |
Which mass media (n = 36) | ||||
Radio | 33 | 91.7 | 3 | 8.3 |
Television | 6 | 16.7 | 30 | 83.3 |
Purpose of family planning (n = 373) | ||||
Limiting of child | 147 | 39.4 | 226 | 60.6 |
Child spacing | 305 | 81.8 | 68 | 18.2 |
Prevent STI/HIV/AIDS | 3 | 0.8 | 370 | 99.2 |
As treatment | 6 | 1.6 | 367 | 98.4 |
Place where get family planning (n = 373) | ||||
Health center | 263 | 79.5 | 68 | 20.5 |
Health post | 132 | 39.9 | 199 | 60.1 |
Hospitals | 12 | 3.6 | 319 | 96.4 |
Private clinic | 6 | 1.8 | 325 | 98.2 |
Pharmacy | 7 | 2.1 | 324 | 97.9 |
NGO | 0 | 0 | 331 | 100 |
Shop | 1 | 0.3 | 330 | 99.7 |