Table 2 Awareness about and attitude towards family planning
From: Awareness and use of family planning methods among women in Northern Saudi Arabia
n | % | |
|---|---|---|
Perceived purpose of family planning | ||
A mean of pregnancy spacing | 259 | 64.8 |
A mean of pregnancy limitation | 88 | 22.0 |
Not familiar | 53 | 13.3 |
Awareness regarding various methods of family planning | ||
Modern methods | ||
Pills | 399 | 99.8 |
Injectable hormonal | 252 | 63.0 |
Hormonal patches | 245 | 61.3 |
Hormonal implants | 95 | 23.8 |
IUDs | 387 | 96.8 |
Condom | 364 | 91.0 |
Female barrier | 92 | 23.0 |
Female sterilization | 145 | 36.3 |
Male sterilization | 68 | 17.0 |
Traditional methods | ||
Withdrawal | 396 | 99.0 |
Breastfeeding | 330 | 82.5 |
Abstinence | 307 | 76.8 |
Attitude towards family planning | ||
Favoring family planning (agree/strongly agree) | 384 | 96.0 |
Family planning have good benefits (agree/strongly agree) | 384 | 96.0 |
My husband is supporting me for family planning (agree/strongly agree) | 282 | 70.5 |
Still I want more children (yes) | 307 | 76.8 |
Preferred number of children | ||
1–3 | 68 | 17.0 |
>3 | 220 | 55.0 |
No preference | 112 | 28.0 |
Preferred child spacing (years) | ||
2 | 130 | 32.5 |
>2 | 270 | 67.5 |