Figures & Tables
Figures
- FIGURE 1
Women's Stated Preferences About Contraceptive Method Characteristics and Side Effects, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana (N=414) (percentage who agreed or strongly agreed with the statements)
- FIGURE 2
Consistency Between Women's Chosen Contraceptive Method and Their Stated Preferences for Duration of Effectiveness and Intolerable Side Effects, Along With Percentage of Women Counseled to Expect Bleeding Changes With Their Chosen Method
Tables
Value Age, years, mean (SD) 29.3 (6.7) Married 248 (59.9) Highest education None 31 (7.5) Primary 71 (17.1) Junior secondary 146 (35.3) Senior secondary 89 (21.5) More than secondary 77 (18.6) Previously used a method(s)a 200 (48.3) Pill 53 (26.5) IUD 12 (6.0) Injectable 97 (48.5) Implant 36 (18.0) Male condom 20 (10.0) Female condom 3 (1.5) Abbreviations: IUD, intrauterine device; SD, standard deviation.
Data presented as “number (%)” unless otherwise specified.
↵a Respondents could select more than 1 method.
- TABLE 2.
Women's Contraceptive Method Choices, Pre- and Post-Counseling, Kumasi and Accra, Ghana
Method Preferred Method at Pre-Counseling (N=414) Method Choice Post-Counseling (N=336) Implant 172 (41.5) 135 (40.2) Injectable 125 (30.2) 109 (32.4) IUD 58 (14.0) 52 (15.5) Pill 20 (4.8) 27 (8.0) Female sterilization 17 (4.1) 11 (3.3) Male condom 2 (0.5) 2 (0.6) Don't know 20 (4.8) NA Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.
All data are presented as “number (%).”
- TABLE 3.
Percentage of Women Who Reported Being Counseled to Expect Commonly Occurring Side Effects by Method Adopted
Method and Side Effect Counseled to Expect No. (%) Implant (N=135) Irregular bleeding 28 (20.7) Decreased bleeding 14 (10.4) No menses 37 (27.4) Not counseled on any of these side effects 39 (28.9) Injectables (N=109) Decreased bleeding 12 (11.0) No menses 46 (42.2) Weight gain 13 (11.9) Not counseled on any of these side effects 34 (31.2) IUD (N=52) Irregular bleeding 6 (11.5) Increased bleeding 16 (30.8) Not counseled on any of these side effects 26 (50.0) Abbreviation: IUD, intrauterine device.
