Factors Affecting Use Of Contraceptive Methods Among Married Women In Ethiopia

The increasing use of family planning methods seems to be the intermediate determinantrnwhich mostly influences the fertility decline in developing countries. Ethiopia isrncharacterized by very different geographical realities and by strong regionalrnheterogenei ties. Large scale surveys often follow a nested structure of data becauserninfonnation is collected from different levels of hierarchy. It is thus necessary to elicit therninherent variations, which occur for a particular phenomenon among these differentrnlevels. The present study seeks to detect variations resulting from such nested structure inrnthe case of contraceptive practice in Ethiopia, as well as to identify sociodemographicrnfactors affecting the individual's behavior. Applying multilevel analysis, models arerndeveloped for current use of (;ontraception. The study used data collected in the EthiopianrnDemographic and Health Survey, 2005. The final multilevel model reflects the existencernof significant variations in the mean effects of the predictors of current contraceptivernpractice at regional level. The study shows that running intensive family planningrnprograms along with other awareness programs in those regions where the particularrndeterminant of contraceptive use has been found to be not very effective.

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