Table 4 Proportion of health workers imposing age, parity, marital status and spousal consent barriers and the minimum age and parity required (N = 261)
Access barrier | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Minimum age | Minimum parity | Marital status | Spousal consent | ||
Weighted proportion | Mean minimum age required ± SD | Weighted proportion | Mean number of children ± SD | Weighted proportion | Weighted proportion | |
Any Method | 79.5 | Â | 59.5 | Â | 83.3 | 75.6 |
Pills | 48.7 | 17.0 ± 3.0 | 19.4 | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 63.9 | 23.6 |
Condom | 36.3 | 16.2 ± 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 ± 1.2 | 48.4 | 29.2 |
IUD | 50.7 | 18.2 ± 4.4 | 20.9 | 2.4 ± 2.0 | 65.0 | 39.2 |
Injectables | 54.3 | 17.1 ± 3.2 | 25.8 | 1.8 ± 1.1 | 63.7 | 29.2 |
Sterilization | 59.9 | 35.3 ± 10.1 | 48.2 | 6.1 ± 7.9 | 58.5 | 66.4 |