Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
+44-7360-538437
ISSN: 2167-0420
+44-7360-538437
Feleke Doyore
P.O. Box: 667, Hossana
Ethiopia
Research Article
Unmet Need for Family Planning and Associated Factors among Currently Married Women in Misha District, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional
Study
Author(s): Kelemu Chafo and Feleke DoyoreKelemu Chafo and Feleke Doyore
Background: An estimated 150 million married women in the developing world want to delay or stop childbearing and are not using contraception. Among women who are not currently using contraception, some report that they want to space births, while others report that they do not want to have any more children. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess unmet need for family planning and associated factors among currently married women in Misha District, Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia.
Methods: A community based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 660 currently married women. Structured interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect data. A stratified multistage sampling technique was used to select respondents from each stratum. The collected data were entered to EPI-data 3.2.1 and exported to SPSS version 16.0 for analysis. F.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0420.1000165