| Order No. | 10 | Data entry and analysis were conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 13.0 for Windows (IBM, New York, NY, USA). The qualitative data were categorized using key thematic areas and the data were interpreted and presented as verbatim notes. | women aged 15 - 49 years who chose to use the SDM for family planning. | A total of 184 SDM users were interviewed | The mean and median ages were 29.47 (SD ± 6.05 years) and 30 years, respectively. The majority of the study subjects were Orthodox Christians (76.6%), married (93.5%), attended primary school (52.2%), housewife by occupation (40.8%), and had children (96.2%), with a mean of 3.2 children per woman. On average the study subjects had used the SDM for 13.8 months. Seventy-seven women (42%) had practised the SDM for more than 1 year, while 64 (35%) had used the method for between 6 months and 1 year. | The most common reasons for choosing the SDM were the absence of health effects/side effects, in 129 (70.1%) cases, followed by fear of side effects, particularly of hormonal contraceptives (n = 99, 53.8%), and ease of use (n = 9, 4.9%). Additional reasons were that it is available without cost to the individual (n = 5, 2.7%) and because it is a natural method (n = 5, 2.7%). Barriers: Ten had to stop using the method because they had two menstrual cycles that fell outside the 26 - 32-day range within a year. Seven women lactational amenorrhea method (n = 5, 2.7%), rhythm method (n = 5, 2.7%), and withdrawal method | |
| 1er author | Biruhtesfa Bekele | ||||||
| Year of publication | 2011 | ||||||
| Country | Ethiopia | ||||||
| Setting | Dilla town (Medan Act project area), Dendi Woreda (Abebech Gobena project area), Wolaita zone (African Humanitarian Aid project area) and Adigrat town (Relief and Rehabilitation Society of Tigray project area) | ||||||
| Study Design | Cross-sectional study | ||||||
| Study duration | December 2007 to June 2008 | ||||||
| Data collection | Methods | Interviews and Survey | |||||
| Tools | Questionnaire | ||||||
| Order No. | 11 | The recorded qualitative interviews were translated and transcribed, and the resulting data were cleaned and entered into Atlas.ti, a qualitative software package (Scientific Software Development, Berlin, Germany) | youth aged 15 - 24 year | quantitative (n = 6722) and qualitative (N = 60) | Not described | Withdrawal as a Back-Up Method of Pregnancy Prevention Withdrawal as an HIV Risk Reduction Strategy Withdrawal Alternated with Condoms 48% of qualitative interview respondents reported current or lifetime use of Withdrawal | |
| 1er author | Jenny A. Higgins | ||||||
| Year of publication | 2013 | ||||||
| Country | Uganda | ||||||
| Setting | Rakai | ||||||
| Study Design | mixed methods | ||||||
| Study duration | June 2010 and June 2011 for the Qualitative Interview Procedures and Measures | ||||||
| Data collection | Methods | Interviews and Survey | |||||
| Tools | Questionnaire | ||||||