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Table 3 Knowledge on family planning methods

From: Female unmarried adolescents’ knowledge on selected reproductive health issues in two low performing areas of Bangladesh: an evaluation study

Knowledge on contraception for family planning

Urban Slums Dhaka

Rural Nabiganj

Baseline n = 800

End-line n = 808

P-value

Baseline n = 833

End-line n = 824

P-value

Knew about FP methods

61 %

62 %

NS

66 %

63 %

NS

Condom

28 %

38 %

***

19 %

18 %

NS

Pill

98 %

98 %

NS

95 %

98 %

***

Injection

42 %

59 %

***

55 %

61 %

**

IUD

2 %

1 %

NS

8 %

5 %

**

Implant/Norplant

6 %

5 %

NS

22 %

10 %

***

Female Sterilization

3 %

8 %

***

17 %

8 %

***

Male Sterilization

0.2 %

4 %

***

2 %

1 %

NS

  1. Multiple responses; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; NS Not significant