Barriers and determinants of postpartum family planning uptake among postpartum women in Western Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Table 3 PPFP uptake among study participants, Western Ethiopia, 2020

Characteristics		Frequency	Percentage
Received counseling on PPFP during ANC and delivery	Yes	753	76.1
	No	236	23.9
Previous history of PPFP uptake	Yes	342	48.2
	No	368	51.8
Currently using PPFP	Yes	555	56.1
Currently using PPFP	No	434	43.9
Time of initiation of PPFP uptake	Within 24 h	30	5.4
	Within a week	136	24.5
	2 to 6 weeks	267	48.1
	6 weeks to 6 months	91	16.4
	After 6 months	21	5.5
Source of family planning	Hospital	94	16.9
	Health center	409	73.7
	Health post	33	5.9
	Private clinic	16	2.9
	Pharmacy	3	0.5
Availability of the preferred method	Yes	424	76.4
Availability of the preferred method	No	131	23.6
Reason for preference of the method	Convenient to use	172	40.6
	No need to remember	33	7.8
	Advised by friends	39	9.2
	Comfortable for health	180	42.5
Reason for using non-preferred methods	Medical reason	78	59.5
Reason for using non-preferred methods	Not available	53	40.5
Faced difficulty during COVID-19 restrictions	Yes	345	34.8
Faced difficulty during COVID-19 restrictions	No	644	65.2

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