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Table 2 Length of breastfeeding, Amenorrhoea and Sexual abstinence and time of first contraceptive use

From: Postpartum fertility behaviours and contraceptive use among women in rural Ghana

Months after delivery

Breastfeeding

(Yes)

Amenorrhoea

(Yes)

Sexual abstinence

(Yes)

First PPFP use

(Yes)

 

N = 860

N = 962

N = 761

N = 422

 

n(%)

cum.%

n(%)

cum.%

n(%)

cum.%

n(%)

cum.%

1

8(0.9)

0.9

40(4.2)

4.2

111(14.6)

14.6

78(18.5)

18.5

2

14(1.6)

2.5

12(1.3)

5.5

128(16.8)

31.4

102(24.2)

42.7

3

7(0.8)

3.3

87(9.0)

14.5

111(14.6)

46.0

96(22.7)

65.4

4

13(1.5)

4.8

50(5.2)

19.7

154(20.2)

66.2

38(9.0)

74.4

5

105(12.2)

17.0

134(13.9)

33.6

40(5.3)

71.5

30(7.1)

81.5

6

616(71.6)

88.6

37(3.9)

37.5

74(9.7)

81.2

28(6.6)

88.1

7–12

97(11.3)

100

602(62.5)

100

143(18.8)

100

50(11.9)

100

  1. Source: field data 2014