Assessment Of Factors Associated With Non Use Of Modern Contraceptive Methods Among Currently Married Women In Reproductive Age Group In Kirkos Sub-city Addis Ababa City Administration

Back ground- “Reproductive health ... [implies that people] have the capability tornreproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this lastrncondition are the right of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective,rnaffordable and acceptable methods of family-planning of their choice ...” It is obvious thatrnsolutions are necessary to slow the rapid rate of population growth all over the world, inrndeveloping countries, as well as those in which people are not poverty stricken. One of the mostrnpopular solutions currently for decreasing the birth rate is to increase use of birth control andrndecrease nonuse rate.rnObjectives: To assess factors associated with non use of modern contraceptive methodsrnamong currently married women of reproductive age group (18-49 years age).rnMethods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Kirkos sub-city, AddisrnAbaba city Administration from November 2009-June2010. Both quantitative and qualitativerndata collection method were used. Focus group discussion will be a qualitative method torncomplement the finding of the quantitative study. Data entry, data cleaning and analysis will berndone by EPI INFO version 6 and analysis will be done using SPSS version 11 statistical package.rnResults: Of the total respondents one hundred thirty three (16.1%) had ever used MCM andrn272(32.8%) were never user of MCM. The current contraceptive prevalence was found to bern51.1%. Most women used Injectable and OCP. The main reasons for nonuse MCM were desirernto have more children followed by medical problem. Of current non user 53.3% had intended tornuse MCM in the future. It was found that all women 828(99.9%) had information about MCM.rnThe main source of information for MCM was health workers. In multivariate analysis,rnstatistically significant association were found between MCM non use and respondent age,rnchildren ever born, educational status of respondents, husband educational status, occupation ofrnrespondent, source of information, and husband approval of MCM (PV < 0.05).rnConcussion: Current CPR is relatively low in the sub-city; MCM should be distributed atrncommunity level especially those non clinical methods by using urban health extension workers.

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