|
Characteristics
|
Frequency (n)
|
Percentage (%)
|
|---|
|
Age
|
|
18–24
|
44
|
26.3
|
|
25–34
|
90
|
53.9
|
|
> =35
|
33
|
19.8
|
|
Education
|
|
None
|
9
|
5.4
|
|
Primary
|
64
|
38.3
|
|
Secondary
|
55
|
32.9
|
|
Tertiary
|
39
|
23.4
|
|
Marital Status
|
|
Single /Divorced
|
15
|
9
|
|
Married
|
91
|
91
|
|
Parity
|
|
One
|
26
|
15.6
|
|
Two
|
30
|
18
|
|
Three
|
34
|
20.4
|
|
Four
|
18.5
|
18.5
|
|
Five & above
|
46
|
27.5
|
|
Mode of delivery
|
|
Vaginal
|
125
|
74.9
|
|
Caesarean section
|
42
|
25.1
|
|
Baby condition at birth
|
|
Alive
|
166
|
99.3
|
|
Stillbirth
|
1
|
0.7
|
|
Birth weight (Bwt*) in kilograms
|
|
< 2.5
|
12
|
7.2
|
|
2.5–3.9
|
96
|
57.5
|
|
> =4.0
|
59
|
35.3
|
|
Time from delivery to IUD insertion (in minutes)
|
|
< =10
|
75
|
45.2
|
|
15–59
|
28
|
16.9
|
|
> =60
|
63
|
37.9
|
|
Median
|
20 (IQR,10–285)
| |
|
Menstrual flow
|
|
Heavy
|
7
|
4.2
|
|
Normal
|
157
|
94
|
|
Scanty
|
3
|
1.8
|
|
Associated cramps
|
|
Yes
|
60
|
35.9
|
|
No
|
107
|
64.1
|
|
Ever used Intrauterine Device
|
|
Yes
|
11
|
6.6
|
|
No
|
156
|
93.4
|
- IQR Inter-quartile range, IUD Intra-uterine device; Bwt*: Mean, 3.3 kg (SD ± 0.6).
