Advances in Preventive Medicine / 2020 / Article / Tab 5 / Research Article
A Survey on Prevalence and Knowledge of Family Planning among Women of Childbearing Age in the Provincial Settings of the Gambia: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study Table 5 Prevalence of FP currently used by sociodemographic variables.
Variables FP methods being used currently (n = 193) Female condom Suppositories Emer. Cp Inject. Female ster. Rhythm method Withdrawal Pills Impl. Periodic abst. Prolonged bf T. methods Total n (%) Local government area Kerewan 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 28 (49.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (8.5) 0 (0.0) 26 (45.6) 8 (14.0) 1 (1.8) 4 (7.0) 2 (3.5) 57 (29.5) Kuntaur 5 (11.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.3) 26 (60.5) 1 (2.3) 3 (7.0) 1 (2.3) 18 (41.9) 5 (11.6) 0 (0.0) 6 (14.0) 4 (9.3) 43 (22.3) Janjanbureh 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 23 (56.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 17 (41.5) 7 (17.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (7.3) 41 (21.2) Basse 1 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 36 (69.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 24 (46.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (9.6) 4 (7.7) 52 (26.9) Age group of participants 15–19 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (50.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (5.2) 20–24 2 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 30 (69.8) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.7) 0 (0.0) 13 (30.2) 4 (9.3) 0 (0.0) 4 (9.3) 3 (7.0) 43 (22.3) 25–29 2 (3.3) 1 (1.7) 1 (1.7) 30 (30.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 31 (51.7) 8 (13.3) 1 (1.7) 5 (8.3) 3 (5.0) 60 (31.1) 30–34 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 22 (61.1) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 17 (47.2) 3 (8.3) 0 (0.0) 4 (11.1) 2 (5.6) 36 (18.7) 35–39 1 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 20 (69.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.9) 0 (0.0) 12 (41.4) 1 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (6.9) 1 (3.4) 29 (15.0) 40–44 1 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (30.8) 1 (7.7) 1 (7.7) 1 (7.7) 7 (53.8) 3 (23.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (15.4) 13 (6.7) 45–49 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (50.0) 2 (1.0) Ethnicity Mandinka 4 (4.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 51 (56.7) 0 (0.0) 5 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 37 (41.1) 12 (13.3) 1 (1.1) 7 (7.8) 9 (10.0) 90 (46.6) Fula 0 (0.0) 1 (2.1) 0 (0.0) 33 (68.8) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.1) 18 (37.5) 3 (6.3) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.2) 2 (4.2) 48 (24.9) Sarahule 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (56.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (62.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 16 (8.3) Wollof 1 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.5) 10 (45.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 14 (63.6) 3 (13.6) 0 (0.0) 2 (9.1) 1 (4.5) 22 (11.4) Serere 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (45.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (45.5) 2 (18.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (36.4) 1 (9.1) 11 (5.7) Aku 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (83.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (3.1) Religion Muslim 5 (2.6) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.5) 109 (57.7) 1 (0.5) 8 (4.2) 1 (0.5) 85 (45.0) 20 (10.6) 1 (0.5) 15 (7.9) 13 (6.9) 189 (97.9) Christian 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (2.1) Marital status Married/in union 4 (2.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.6) 108 (61.7) 0 (0.0) 6 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 76 (43.4) 17 (9.7) 1 (0.6) 15 (8.6) 11 (6.3) 175 (90.7) Single 2 (11.1) 1 (5.6) 0 (0.0) 5 (27.8) 1 (5.6) 2 (11.1) 1 (5.6) 9 (50.0) 3 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (11.1) 18 (9.3) Parity 0–4 5 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 71 (58.2) 1 (0.8) 4 (3.3) 1 (0.8) 51 (41.8) 10 (8.2) 1 (0.8) 8 (6.6) 6 (4.9) 122 (65.2) 5–8 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8) 34 (60.7) 0 (0.0) 3 (5.4) 0 (0.0) 28 (50.0) 7 (12.5) 0 (0.0) 6 (10.7) 5 (8.9) 56 (29.9) 9+ 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 7 (77.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (22.2) 2 (22.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (11.1) 2 (22.2) 9 (4.8) Level of education Never attended school 1 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 22 (56.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 17 (43.6) 3 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (7.7) 39 (20.2) Arabic edu. 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 24 (61.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 19 (48.7) 3 (7.7) 0 (0.0) 5 (12.8) 4 (10.3) 39 (20.2) Primary 1 (2.0) 1 (2.0) 1 (2.0) 30 (61.2) 1 (2.0) 2 (4.1) 1 (2.0) 18 (36.7) 6 (12.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (4.1) 3 (6.1) 49 (25.4) Secondary 4 (7.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 32 (56.1) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.0) 0 (0.0) 28 (49.1) 6 (10.5) 1 (1.8) 8 (14.0) 3 (5.3) 57 (29.5) Tertiary 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (55.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (33.3) 2 (22.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (4.7) Occupation of the participants Ex. housewife 1 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.4) 42 (58.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 29 (40.3) 8 (11.1) 1 (1.4) 3 (4.2) 3 (4.2) 72 (37.3) Self-employed 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 5 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (60.0) 2 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (20.0) 10 (5.2) Farming 2 (7.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (28.6) 1 (3.6) 3 (10.7) 1 (3.6) 16 (57.1) 4 (14.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.6) 2 (7.1) 28 (14.5) Student 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (50.0) 1 (25.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (2.1) Trading 1 (1.8) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 43 (75.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 22 (38.6) 4 (4.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (17.5) 6 (10.5) 57 (29.5) Civil servant 2 (9.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (57.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 10 (47.6) 1 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.8) 0 (0.0) 21 (10.9) Muslim religious teacher 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) Average monthly income ≤D2000 1 (1.1) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.1) 41 (46.6) 1 (1.1) 4 (4.5) 1 (1.1) 43 (48.9) 12 (13.6) 1 (1.1) 2 (2.3) 4 (4.5) 88 (46.6) D2001–D4000 1 (1.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 37 (67.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (5.5) 0 (0.0) 22 (40.0) 5 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 6 (10.9) 7 (12.7) 55 (29.1) >D4000 3 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 32 (69.6) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 18 (39.1) 3 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 6 (13.0) 2 (4.3) 46 (24.3)
