title: Trends of modern contraceptive use among young married women based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: a multivariate decomposition analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Accessing family planning can reduce a significant proportion of maternal, infant, and childhood deaths. In Ethiopia, use of modern contraceptive methods is low but it is increasing. This study aimed to analyze the trends and determinants of changes in modern contraceptive use over time among young married women in Ethiopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study used data from the three Demographic Health Surveys conducted in Ethiopia, in 2000, 2005, and 2011. Young married women age 15-24 years with sample sizes of 2,157 in 2000, 1,904 in 2005, and 2,146 in 2011 were included. Logit-based decomposition analysis technique was used for analysis of factors contributing to the recent changes. STATA 12 was employed for data management and analyses. All calculations presented in this paper were weighted for the sampling probabilities and non-response. Complex sampling procedures were also considered during testing of statistical significance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among young married women, modern contraceptive prevalence increased from 6% in 2000 to 16% in 2005 and to 36% in 2011. The decomposition analysis indicated that 34% of the overall change in modern contraceptive use was due to difference in women's characteristics. Changes in the composition of young women's characteristics according to age, educational status, religion, couple concordance on family size, and fertility preference were the major sources of this increase. Two-thirds of the increase in modern contraceptive use was due to difference in coefficients. Most importantly, the increase was due to change in contraceptive use behavior among the rural population (33%) and among Orthodox Christians (16%) and Protestants (4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Modern contraceptive use among young married women has showed a remarkable increase over the last decade in Ethiopia. Programmatic interventions targeting poor, younger (adolescent), illiterate, and Muslim women would help to maintain the increasing trend in modern contraceptive use.
authors: Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors: Abebaw Gebeyehu
authors: AG
authors: Worku
authors: Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors: Gizachew Assefa
authors: GA
authors: Tessema
authors: Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors: Atinkut Alamirrew
authors: AA
authors: Zeleke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003267:Contraception / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018454:Spouses; D055815:Young Adult
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