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Table 3 Women's (current withdrawal users') reasons for stopping modern contraceptive methods (n = 210)

From: Withdrawal users' experiences of and attitudes to contraceptive methods: a study from Eastern district of Tehran, Iran

  

Frequency

%

Experience of modern contraceptive use

   
 

Yes

210

70

 

No

90

30

Contraceptive methods used before withdrawal (n = 210)

   
 

OCP

111

52.9

 

IUCD

46

21.9

 

Condom

44

20.9

 

Injection

9

4.3

OCP (n = 111)

   
 

Side effects

41

36.9

 

Difficult to use

39

35.1

 

Thought might get pregnant

19

17.1

 

Willingness to be pregnant

8

7.2

 

Unwillingness of their husbands

4

3.6

IUCD (n = 46)

   
 

Health problems

15

32.6

 

Thought might get pregnant

14

30.4

 

Willingness to be pregnant

8

17.4

 

Refer to health care services

6

13.0

 

Unwillingness of their husbands

3

6.5

Condom (n = 44)

   
 

Unwillingness of their husbands

16

36.4

 

Thought might get pregnant

10

22.7

 

Difficult to use

10

22.7

 

Difficult to access

8

18.2

Injection (n = 9)

   
 

Thought might get pregnant

4

44.4

 

Health problems

3

33.3

 

Unwillingness of their husbands

2

22.2