Table 3 Knowledge of PPIUCD insertion among women who gave birth at Bale zone health facilities, Southeast Ethiopia, August 2017
Variables | Category | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Ever heard about IUCD as a contraceptive method | Yes | 327 | 76.3 |
No | 102 | 23.7 | |
Ever heard IUCD can be inserted immediately after delivery? (n = 327) | Yes | 206 | 63.0 |
No | 121 | 37.0 | |
IUCD prevents unwanted pregnancy for at least 3 years? (n = 327) | Yes | 134 | 40.9 |
No | 58 | 17.7 | |
Don’t know | 135 | 41.4 | |
IUCD is FP method that can be put into uterine (n = 327) | Yes | 264 | 80.7 |
No | 14 | 4.3 | |
Don’t know | 49 | 15.0 | |
IUCD has no high risk of getting sexually transmitted infections (n = 327) | Yes | 133 | 40.8 |
No | 71 | 21.6 | |
Don’t know | 123 | 37.6 | |
IUCD has no interference with sexual intercourse (n = 327) | Yes | 141 | 43.1 |
No | 83 | 25.4 | |
Don’t know | 103 | 31.5 | |
IUCD is immediately reversible (n = 327) | Yes | 128 | 39.2 |
No | 102 | 31.2 | |
Don’t know | 97 | 29.6 | |
IUCD cannot cause cervical cancer (n = 327) | Yes | 124 | 38.0 |
No | 57 | 17.4 | |
Don’t know | 146 | 44.6 | |
Overall PPIUCD knowledge level | Having a good knowledge | 178 | 54.4 |
Not having a good knowledge | 149 | 45.6 |