Table 1. Per cent distribution of...

Table 1.

Per cent distribution of characteristics of women according to discontinuation status: Egypt 2014

Characteristics	Right censored and reduced need	Abandoning use while in need	Switched to another method	Method failure	Total
Age at intuition of use
15–24	33.4	33.2	22.3	30.6	32.4
25–34	51.1	53.2	57	59.6	52.3
35–49	15.8	13.6	20.8	9.8	15.5
Number of living children
One child at most	22.4	19.2	12.8	13.6	20.8
Two	30.8	31.2	30.7	36.9	31.3
Three	25.3	25.3	31	23.6	25.6
Four or more	21.5	24.4	25.6	26	22.4
Place of residence
Urban governorates	11.4	8.9	10.1	11.9	11.1
Urban lower Egypt	10.5	7.3	11.2	10.5	10.2
Rural lower Egypt	42	34.9	47.9	38.2	41.4
Rural upper Egypt	10.8	9.2	9.5	11.9	10.6
Urban upper Egypt	24.3	38.9	20.4	26.6	25.9
Frontiers governorate	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9
Level of education
No education	18.5	23	14.4	15.3	18.5
Primary	8.6	9.7	10	10.7	8.9
Secondary	56.5	55.3	62.8	56.6	56.8
University or more	16.4	12	12.9	17.4	15.7
Wealth
Low	34.6	45.3	34.7	37.2	36
Middle	25.2	24.7	27.7	20.7	25
High	40.2	30	37.6	42.2	39
Worked in past 12 months
No	85.6	83.7	84.2	85.5	85.3
Yes	14.4	16.3	15.9	14.5	14.7
Method type
Pills	35.6	39.1	34.8	49.8	49.8
Injectables	15.2	29.2	19.7	14.4	14.4
IUDs	44.2	23.7	39.2	24.5	24.5
Other methods	5.1	8	6.4	11.3	11.3
Duration of use
1–5	19.3	32.5	28.6	30	22.2
6–10	13.2	22.2	26.2	21	15.7
11–15	11.7	15.1	13.6	19.8	12.8
16–20	10.7	11.1	10.4	11.9	10.8
21–25	10	9.8	8	8.4	9.7
26–30	7.8	4.3	6.1	3.7	7
31–36	27.3	5.1	7.1	5.2	21.9
Total counts	7,866	1,183	730	684	10,463
Total row percentage	75.2	11.3	7	6.5	100.0

Characteristics	Right censored andreduced need	Abandoning usewhile in need	Switched toanother method	Methodfailure	Total
Age at intuition of use
15–24	33.4	33.2	22.3	30.6	32.4
25–34	51.1	53.2	57	59.6	52.3
35–49	15.8	13.6	20.8	9.8	15.5
Number of living children
One child at most	22.4	19.2	12.8	13.6	20.8
Two	30.8	31.2	30.7	36.9	31.3
Three	25.3	25.3	31	23.6	25.6
Four or more	21.5	24.4	25.6	26	22.4
Place of residence
Urban governorates	11.4	8.9	10.1	11.9	11.1
Urban lower Egypt	10.5	7.3	11.2	10.5	10.2
Rural lower Egypt	42	34.9	47.9	38.2	41.4
Rural upper Egypt	10.8	9.2	9.5	11.9	10.6
Urban upper Egypt	24.3	38.9	20.4	26.6	25.9
Frontiers governorate	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9
Level of education
No education	18.5	23	14.4	15.3	18.5
Primary	8.6	9.7	10	10.7	8.9
Secondary	56.5	55.3	62.8	56.6	56.8
University or more	16.4	12	12.9	17.4	15.7
Wealth
Low	34.6	45.3	34.7	37.2	36
Middle	25.2	24.7	27.7	20.7	25
High	40.2	30	37.6	42.2	39
Worked in past 12 months
No	85.6	83.7	84.2	85.5	85.3
Yes	14.4	16.3	15.9	14.5	14.7
Method type
Pills	35.6	39.1	34.8	49.8	49.8
Injectables	15.2	29.2	19.7	14.4	14.4
IUDs	44.2	23.7	39.2	24.5	24.5
Other methods	5.1	8	6.4	11.3	11.3
Duration of use
1–5	19.3	32.5	28.6	30	22.2
6–10	13.2	22.2	26.2	21	15.7
11–15	11.7	15.1	13.6	19.8	12.8
16–20	10.7	11.1	10.4	11.9	10.8
21–25	10	9.8	8	8.4	9.7
26–30	7.8	4.3	6.1	3.7	7
31–36	27.3	5.1	7.1	5.2	21.9
Total counts	7,866	1,183	730	684	10,463
Total row percentage	75.2	11.3	7	6.5	100.0

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