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Table 2 Knowledge and use of any contraceptive method in the South-South Geopolitical Zone (N = 4,553)

From: Assessing the relationship between knowledge and the actual use of contraceptives among childbearing women in South-South Nigeria: evidence from the 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Knowledge of contraception

  No

818

17.97

  Yes

3,735

82.03

Use of any contraceptive method

  No

3,720

81.70

  Yes

833

18.30

Current use by method

  No method

3,720

81.70

  Traditional/folkloric methods

193

4.24

  Modern methods

640

14.06