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Table 1 Knowledge of different methods of contraception stratified by level education of participants

From: Knowledge of women in family planning and future desire to use contraception: a cross sectional survey in Urban Cameroon

Indicator

Level of education (frequency in  %)

Total n (%)

Primary, n = 104

Secondary, n = 313

Higher, n = 293

Can you cite the different contraceptive methods you know? (n = 712)

 Condoms

97 (93.3)

299 (95.5)

291 (99.3)

689 (96.8)

 Diaphragms

5 (4.8)

12 (3.8)

47 (16.0)

64 (9.0)

 Cervical caps

2 (1.9)

2 (0.6)

16 (5.5)

20 (2.8)

 IUD

36 (34.6)

120 (38.3)

154 (52.6)

311 (43.7)

 Spermicides

1 (1.0)

15 (4.8)

24 (8.2)

40 (5.6)

 Implants

48 (46.2)

172 (55.0)

169 (57.7)

390 (54.8)

 Oral pills

60 (57.7)

218 (69.6)

227 (77.5)

507 (71.2)

 Injectable

50 (48.1)

151 (48.2)

123 (42.0)

325 (45.6)

 LAM

1 (1.0)

19 (6.1)

17 (5.8)

37 (5.2)

 Coitus interruptus

6 (5.8)

35 (11.2)

54 (18.4)

96 (13.5)

 Cycle

15 (14.4)

46 (14.7)

53 (18.1)

115 (16.2)

 Others

1 (1.0)

6 (1.9)

6 (2.0)

14 (2.0)

 No idea

3 (2.9)

5 (1.6)

1 (0.3)

9 (1.3)

Number of cited modern methods n = 712

 0

4 (3.8)

8 (2.6)

1 (0.3)

13 (1.8)

 1

22 (21.2)

27 (8.6)

21 (7.2)

70 (9.8)

 2

15 (14.4)

59 (18.8)

37 (12.6)

111 (15.6)

 3

20 (19.2)

86 (27.5)

74 (25.3)

181 (25.4)

 4

29 (27.9)

89 (28.4)

93 (31.7)

212 (29.8)

 5

13 (12.5)

38 (12.1)

50 (17.1)

101 (14.2)

 6

1 (1.0)

3 (1.0)

9 (3.1)

13 (1.8)

 7

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

6 (2.0)

8 (1.1)

 8

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)

2 (0.7)

3 (0.4)

  1. IUD intra-uterine device, LAM lactation and amenorrhoea method