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  • Research Article   
  • J Community Med Health Educ 9: 642,
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000642

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Unmet Need for Family Planning among Married Women in Rural Communities of Gonji Kolela District, North West Ethiopia: Cross-sectional Study

Alebel Biadgie1*, Adane Nigusie2, Simegnew Handebo2 and Resom Berhe2
1PHEM and Rehabilitation Officer, Amhara Regional State Health Bureau, Ethiopia
2Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author : Alebel Biadgie, PHEM and Rehabilitation Officer, Health Office, Amhara Regional State Health Bureau, Ethiopia, Tel: +251-913673758, Email: adane_n@yahoo.com

Received Date: Nov 16, 2018 / Accepted Date: Jan 08, 2019 / Published Date: Jan 10, 2019

Abstract

Background: More than 200 million women in the developing world want to avoid pregnancy but are not using a modern method of contraception.
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted from January to march 2015 in Gonji Kolela District, West Gojam Zone Amhara Region. Six hundred fourteen married women were selected using multi stage sampling techniques. The data were collected using pre-tested semi structure questionnaire by trained data collectors. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS 16.0 version. Logistic regression was done to identify factors associated with unmet need for family planning.
Results: The overall unmet need for family planning was 145 (23.8%) of which 105 (17.6%) was for spacing and 40 (6.6%) for limiting number of children. Respondents’ age (AOR=4.13, 95% CI:1.86-9.17), educational status of respondent’s partner (AOR=2.20, 95%CI:1.08-4.48), age at first marriage (AOR=2.11,95% CI:1.28-3.50), discussion on family planning with partner (AOR=0.20, 95% CI:0.12-0.34) and health extension workers (AOR=0.62, 95% CI: 0.40-0.96) in the last 12 months preceding study and decided the desire number of children before first pregnancy (AOR=0.20, 95% CI:0.12-0.33) had significance association with unmet need for family planning.
Conclusion: Considerable amounts of women had an unmet need for FP especially for spacing. Respondents age, education status of respondent’s partner, age at first marriage, discussion with partners and health extension workers about FP issues in the last 12 months prior to study and decided the desired number of children were major factors associated with unmet need for FP. Barriers of unmet need for FP shall be explored qualitatively.

Keywords: Unmet need; Family planning; Married women; Ethiopia

Citation: Biadgie A, Nigusie A, Handebo S, Berhe R (2019) Prevalence and Associated Factors of Unmet Need for Family Planning among Married Women in Rural Communities of Gonji Kolela District, North West Ethiopia: Cross-sectional Study. J Community Med Health Educ 9: 642. Doi: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000642

Copyright: © 2019 Biadgie A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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