Bio-social correlates of intention to use or not to use contraception: The case of Ghana and Nigeria

The Effects of Internet Access on Contraceptive Use in Indonesia (Intercensal Population Survey Data Analysis of 2015)

“…The coefficient value is marked positive; that means married women who access the Internet are more likely to use contraception than married women who do not access the Internet. This finding is in line with the results of previous researches on the effects of ICT on contraceptive use [16][17][18]. This is possible because the Internet plays an important role in providing the information needed in every stage of the process of behavioral change of family planning, in this case the use of contraception, especially in the early stages of the building the knowledge, such as diffusion of innovation theory proposed by Rogers [28].…”

“…It is rare to find studies that review the role of the Internet on contraceptive use. Many studies using television or radio to examine how media influence on contraception resulted that ICT has positive effect on contraceptive use [13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

Contraceptive Intentions and Use throughout the Extended Postpartum Period: A Panel Study in Ethiopia

“…Capturing the intention to use contraception among postpartum women is important for understanding the demand for and timing of contraceptive initiation in the period after birth. This time is marked by dynamic factors, such as breastfeeding and the resumption of sex and menses, which women consider when weighing pregnancy risks and deciding whether they want to use a method (Yemane et al 2021;Gebremedhin et al 2018;Moore et al 2015;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015;Ndugwa et al 2011). The few studies in SSA examining intention to use contraception in the postpartum period showed that women were less likely to report intention to use contraception in the future if they had infrequent sex or had not resumed sexual intercourse (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015) or were postpartum amenorrheic (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018), potentially due to low perceived pregnancy risk.…”

“…This time is marked by dynamic factors, such as breastfeeding and the resumption of sex and menses, which women consider when weighing pregnancy risks and deciding whether they want to use a method (Yemane et al 2021;Gebremedhin et al 2018;Moore et al 2015;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015;Ndugwa et al 2011). The few studies in SSA examining intention to use contraception in the postpartum period showed that women were less likely to report intention to use contraception in the future if they had infrequent sex or had not resumed sexual intercourse (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015) or were postpartum amenorrheic (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018), potentially due to low perceived pregnancy risk. Other factors found to be associated with contraceptive intention in the postpartum period were age, parity, educational attainment, and past contraceptive use (McTigue et al 2022;Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018;Lori et al 2018;Tang et al 2016;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015;Adegbola and Okunowo 2009).…”

“…The few studies in SSA examining intention to use contraception in the postpartum period showed that women were less likely to report intention to use contraception in the future if they had infrequent sex or had not resumed sexual intercourse (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015) or were postpartum amenorrheic (Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018), potentially due to low perceived pregnancy risk. Other factors found to be associated with contraceptive intention in the postpartum period were age, parity, educational attainment, and past contraceptive use (McTigue et al 2022;Abraha, Belay, and Welay 2018;Lori et al 2018;Tang et al 2016;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015;Adegbola and Okunowo 2009). In addition, some studies showed that access to health services was positively associated with greater contraceptive intentions (McTigue et al 2022;Lori et al 2018;Udomboso, Amoateng, and Doegah 2015;Adegbola and Okunowo 2009), highlighting the importance of delivering family planning information and services in the postpartum period when women may access health providers more frequently due to facility delivery, postnatal, and vaccination visits.…”