Unmet Need for Family Planning and Associated Factors Among Married Women in Asebot Town, West Hararge Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, Cross- Sectional Study Design, 2018

Abstract

Background: Unmet need for family planning was one of the several frequently used indicators for monitoring and evaluation of family planning programs. It also helps to identify women at greatest risk of unintended pregnancy for satisfying the unmet need for modern contraception. So, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of unmet need for modern contraceptive among women of reproductive age in Asebot town, west Harargie zone, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study design was conducted in Asebot town. Systematic random sampling techniques were used to select 410 reproductive age women. Data collection was carried out from July 19 to August 05, 2018 using a pre- tested structured questionnaire. The collected data were entered to Epi-info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Candidate variables with p-value of <0.25 in bivariate analysis were entered into multivariable logistic regression and AOR at 95% CI with p-value of <0.05 was considered as significant. Result: The magnitude of unmet need for modern family planning in the study area was 37.3%. [95% CI (32.7, 42.2)]. After multivariate analysis Age, monthly income, desire to have children within two years and partner approval of family planning use were statistically significantly associated factors of unmet need for family planning with their 95% CI as follows (2.00-39.83), (1.10-6.10), (4.79-15.67), (3.88-14.61) respectively. Conclusions: Since the magnitude of unmet need for family planning in this study was very high, and a community problem, so that Oromia regional health bureau and West Hararghe zonal health bureau should increase their efforts in order to reduce this high rate of unmet need for family planning by due emphasis on those factors contributing for unmet need for family planning. Keywords: Unmet need, Family planning, West Hararge, Ethiopia, Asebot town Abbreviations: