MODERN FAMILY PLANNING METHODS UTILIZATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS IN AYSAITA TOWN, NORTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA
Abstract
Background: Investing in family planning is a development ‘‘best buy” that can accelerate achievement across the five Sustainable Development Goal themes of People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. Hence, this study was aimed to assess the factors associated with utilization of modern family planning among female students in Aysaita secondary and preparatory school, Afar Regional State.
Methods: School based cross-sectional study was conducted at Aysaita secondary and preparatory school in April, 2016. Data were cleaned, coded and entered into Epi-Info version 3.3.2, then exported to SPSS version 20 statistical package for analysis. Binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to assess the association between each independent variables and the outcome variable. Variables with p-value <0.05 were considered as significant and independent predictors.
Results: The study included 301 students. Of sexually active students, 68.4% were currently using modern family planning. In the multivariable logistic regression analysis, students who had pocket money [AOR=2.3(1.07, 5.23)], had ever been married [AOR=4.3(1.45, 12.63)], and those who had ever discussed on modern family planning methods [AOR=4(1.90, 8.28)] were more likely to use modern family planning as compared to their counter parts.
Conclusion: The study revealed that having pocket money, being married and having discussion on modern family planning (MFP) methods are positive predictors of MFP utilization. Therefore, Aysaita secondary and preparatory school must establish and promote more responsive and youth-friendly health service delivery. Furthermore, the school must advocate for reducing the financial cost of MFP methods to female students.
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