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Twelve-month cumulative probabilities of contraceptive failure, abandonment and switching according to selected episode-level and woman-level variables. |
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| Failure |
Abandonment |
Switching |
Continuation |
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| Method |
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| Pill |
0.0647 |
0.1341 |
0.1607 |
0.6404 |
| Condoms |
0.0910 |
0.0750 |
0.3761 |
0.4578 |
| Injections |
0.0702 |
0.1694 |
0.3881 |
0.3722 |
| Traditional methods |
0.2272 |
0.0373 |
0.2962 |
0.4394 |
| Contraceptive intention |
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| Spacing |
0.0724 |
0.0912 |
0.2364 |
0.6000 |
| Limiting |
0.0979 |
0.1123 |
0.2020 |
0.5877 |
| Region |
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| North |
0.0661 |
0.1696 |
0.2293 |
0.5349 |
| Northeast |
0.0965 |
0.1642 |
0.2764 |
0.4628 |
| Southeast |
0.0868 |
0.0782 |
0.2129 |
0.6221 |
| South |
0.0721 |
0.0536 |
0.1428 |
0.7314 |
| Centre-West |
0.0901 |
0.1014 |
0.1724 |
0.6360 |
| Age |
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| ≤ 19 |
0.1112 |
0.1129 |
0.2270 |
0.5489 |
| 20–24 |
0.1006 |
0.0923 |
0.2067 |
0.6004 |
| 25–29 |
0.0802 |
0.0869 |
0.2230 |
0.6100 |
| 30–34 |
0.0843 |
0.1204 |
0.2283 |
0.5694 |
| 35+ |
0.0449 |
0.1476 |
0.1822 |
0.6253 |
| Marital status |
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| Married/living together |
0.0957 |
0.1027 |
0.2273 |
0.5743 |
| Other |
0.0650 |
0.1049 |
0.1831 |
0.6471 |
| N° of living children |
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| 0 |
0.0928 |
0.1352 |
0.2464 |
0.5255 |
| 1 |
0.0755 |
0.1023 |
0.2235 |
0.5987 |
| 2 |
0.0847 |
0.0911 |
0.1956 |
0.6286 |
| 3+ |
0.1075 |
0.0782 |
0.1771 |
0.6372 |
| Ethnicity |
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| White |
0.0767 |
0.0951 |
0.2494 |
0.5789 |
| Other |
0.0960 |
0.1106 |
0.1902 |
0.6032 |
| Years of schooling |
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| 0–3 |
0.1022 |
0.1644 |
0.1772 |
0.5562 |
| 4–8 |
0.0951 |
0.1144 |
0.2208 |
0.5696 |
| 9–11 |
0.0742 |
0.0774 |
0.2177 |
0.6308 |
| 12+ |
0.0587 |
0.0549 |
0.2550 |
0.6314 |
| Mass media exposure |
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| Watches TV regularly |
0.0865 |
0.0985 |
0.2214 |
0.5937 |
| Does not watch TV |
0.0895 |
0.1820 |
0.1527 |
0.5757 |
| Global |
0.0869 |
0.1034 |
0.2155 |
0.5942 |
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Source: 1996 Demographic and Health Survey (N = 6027 episodes of use). Note: Episodes of use of reversible contraceptive methods that began before the five-year calendar period or of sterilization use are not included. | ||||
Leite and Gupta Reproductive Health 2007 4:6 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-4-6 |
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