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Table 2 The background characteristics of 4064 sexually active women in Kisesa in 2015/16 and use of contraceptives over the past two years

From: Contraceptive use and discontinuation among women in rural North-West Tanzania

Contraceptive

history

Pill

Injection

Condom

Implants

IUD

Sterilization

Traditional

methods

No. methods

Total no. of women

Ever used

215 (5.3)

812 (20)

22 (0.5)

385 (9.5)

85 (2.1)

17 (0.4)

22 (0.5)

2741 (67.4)

4064

Past 2 years

102 (2.5)

529 (13.1)

14 (0.3)

328 (8.1)

56 (1.4)

15 (0.4)

21 (0.5)

3059 (75.3)

4064

Past 2 years segment used

103

535

17

330

56

15

21

  

Background characteristics on contraceptive use in the past 2 years

 HIV status

 Positive

5 (1.5)

39 (11.9)

0 (0)

25 (7.6)

5 (1.5)

4 (1.2)

3 (0.9)

244 (74.4)

328

 Negative

97 (2.6)

488 (13.1)

14 (0.4)

302 (8.1)

51 (1.4)

11 (0.3)

18 (0.5)

2811 (75.5)

3724

Age

 15–24

16 (1.1)

127 (9.1)

8 (0.6)

101 (7.2)

9 (0.6)

0 (0)

3 (0.2)

1163 (83.0)

1401

 25–34

53 (3.4)

278 (18.9)

3 (0.2)

173 (11.7)

23 (15.6)

2 (0.1)

7 (0.5)

969 (65.7)

1474

 35+

33 (2.8)

124 (10.4)

3 (0.3)

54 (4.5)

24 (2.0)

13 (1.1)

11 (0.9)

931 (78.3)

1189

Education

 None/some primary

25 (1.8)

113 (8.1)

3 (0.2)

90 (6.5)

16 (1.1)

7 (0.5)

4 (0.3)

1141 (81.9)

1394

 Completed primary

62 (3.0)

308 (14.8)

4 (0.2)

176 (8.4)

31 (1.5)

8 (0.5)

10 (0.5)

1490 (71.4)

2086

 Secondary+

15 (2.6)

62 (10.7)

7 (1.2)

62 (10.7)

9 (1.6)

0 (0)

7 (1.2)

429 (74.0)

580

Number of living children

< 3

38 (2.0)

159 (8.6)

10 (0.5)

121 (6.5)

14 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.2)

1531 (82.4)

1858

 3+

64 (2.9)

319 (14.5)

4 (0.2)

207 (9.4)

42 (1.9)

15 (0.7)

17 (0.8)

1546 (70.1)

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