Suboptimal child spacing practice and its associated factors among women of child bearing age in Serbo town, JIMMA zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Awareness and utilization of modern contraceptive among mothers of child bear age in Serbo town Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017(N = 314)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
mothers have an awareness about modern Contraceptive	Yes	266	84.7%
mothers have an awareness about modern Contraceptive	No	48	15.3%
Mother used modern contraceptives before the last child	Yes	197	62.7%
Mother used modern contraceptives before the last child	No	117	37.3%
Purpose of using modern contraceptives	birth spacing	162	82.2%
Purpose of using modern contraceptives	birth limiting	35	17.8%
Current use of modern contraceptives by mother	Yes	171	54.5%
Current use of modern contraceptives by mother	No	143	45.5%
The place where mother gets modern contraceptives	health post	14	8.2%
	health center	153	89.5%
	Hospital	25	14.6%
	private sector	5	2.9%
Reason of the mother not to use modern contraceptives	desire to have more children	27	18.9%
	health problem	15	10.5%
	religious reason	51	35.7%
	husband not willing	20	14.0%
	Other^a	30	21.0%

^aOthers include, lack of service, lack of information, no husband, naturally adjusted spacing, lack of interest of modern contraceptives

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