Table 4 Prevalence of knowledge of and use of family planning.

From: Risk factors and knowledge associated with high unintended pregnancy rates and low family planning use among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea

Family planning method/s

Heard of n

% women

Ever used, n

% women

Modern methods

Injectable

285

41

90

13

Oral contraceptive pill

177

26

20

3

Implant

154

22

7

1

Female sterilisation

106

15

1

 < 1

Male condom

77

11

10

1

Female condom

44

6

1

 < 1

IUD

10

1

0

 < 1

Male sterilisation

9

1

0

0

Emergency contraception

1

 < 1

0

0

Any modern method

409

59

121

18

Traditional methods

Rhythm

186

27

95

14

Withdrawal

16

2

11

2

Breastfeeding

2

 < 1

2

 < 1

Abstinence

5

 < 1

0

0

Herbs, roots, leaves or bark

27

4

8

1

Any traditional method

224

32

113

16

  1. nb denominator for calculation of proportions is 690 women who provided a response: participants could report more than one method.
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