Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Implanon users enrolled in Family planning units of public hospitals in Guraghe zone, southern Ethiopia, 2021
Variable categories | Total = 502 | Discontinued = 205 | Censored = 297 | Test statistics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Age of mother in years(n = 502) | ||||
  < 20 | 46(9.2) | 12(5.9) | 34(11.4) | χ2 = 15.246 P = 0.004 |
 20–24 | 36(7.2) | 15(7.3) | 21(7.1) | |
 25–29 | 141(28.1) | 45(21.9) | 96(32.3) | |
 30–34 | 205(40.8) | 94(45.9) | 111(33.4) | |
 35+ | 74(14.7) | 39(19.0) | 35(11.8) | |
Marital status | χ2 = 1.864 P = 0.189 | |||
 In marital union | 433(86.3) | 182(88.8) | 251(84.5) | |
 Not in marital relation | 69(13.7) | 23(11.2) | 46(15.5) | |
Ethnicity | χ2 = 0.507 P = 0.776 | |||
 Guraghe | 417(83.1) | 173(84.4) | 244(82.1) | |
 Amhara | 65(12.9) | 25(12.2) | 40(13.5) | |
 Others* | 20(4.0) | 7(3.4) | 13(4.4) | |
Residence | χ2 = 6.172 P = 0.016 | |||
 Urban | 295(58.8) | 107(52.2) | 188(63.3) | |
 Rural | 207(41.2) | 98(47.8) | 109(36.7) | |