Utilization and determinants of long term and permanent contraceptive methods among married reproductive age women at Janamora district, northwest Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Daniel Shitu Getahun, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Kindie Fentahun Muchie, Hedija Yenus Yeshita
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018-11-01
• Series: BMC Research Notes
• Subjects: Prevalence; Determinants; Utilization; Long acting and permanent; Contraceptive
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3942-0
• ISSN: 1756-0500

Abstract Objective This study is aimed at determining the prevalence and factors associated with utilization of long acting and permanent methods among married reproductive age (15–49) females at Janamora district, in 2018. Result Prevalence of long acting and permanent contraceptive method utilization was 12.9% (95% confidence interval (CI) 10%, 15%).Of those utilizers, 96.8% use implants, 2.1% use female sterilization and 1.1% use Intrauterine Contraceptive Device. Women’s occupation, student as compared to housewife (Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.12, 95% CI 1.05–9.29), a women whose husband was government employed as compared to merchant (AOR = 2.51, 95% CI 1.1–5.75), and women who had high knowledge as compared to poor knowledge (AOR = 4.20, 95% CI 1.32–13.39) were positively associated with utilization of long acting and permanent contraceptive method.