Postabortion contraceptive use among women in Nepal: results from a longitudinal cohort study

Table 2 Modern method of contraception uptake and continuation over time (%)

	6 week	6 month	12 month	18 month	24 month	30 month	36 month
Using no method of contraception	41	41	42	46	47	48	49
Short acting (Pill, condom, injectable, EC)	47	45	42	37	35	35	33
Long acting (IUD, implant)	12	14	16	17	18	17	18
N	1241	1241	1159	1191	1203	1205	1074

^*75 missing (10.19%); dropped all those that took up sterilization; calculated based on the number that took up a method, a long-acting or a short-acting method at each time point

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