Abstract:
Background : there has been a progress in the access to family planning services and
products globally, but the unmet needs for family planning continue to remain high. Women
who want to postpone their birth or who want to stop childbearing but are not using a
contraceptive method are considered to have an unmet need for family planning. Pregnant
women are considered to have an unmet need for family planning if their pregnancy was
mistimed or unwanted.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine magnitude and factors associated for unmet
need of contraceptive use among reproductive age women in West Belessa districts.
Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among women of
reproductive age groups in West Belessa Woreda. A total of 439 study participants were
included in the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the study
participants. Initially five kebels; two from urban and three from rural kebeles were selected.
Then the sample size proportionally allocated based on eligible population in selected
kebeles. Data was collected using face to face interview by questionnaire. Binary logistic
regression model was employed to examine the determinant factors affecting unmet need of
contraceptive use .
Conclusions: Based on the result of the study the magnitude of unmet need in West Belesa
Woreda was found to be 23.75%. the study concludes that level of respondents’ education,
age, place of residence of the respondent, husbands’ education and media exposure were
found significant determinant unmet need of contraceptives in the West Belessa Woreda.
Recommendations: based on the findings and conclusions, the study recommends, health
profession working at reproductive health in collaboration with health extension workers,
should give greater emphasis to address family planning in taking attention to women of low
educational status and residing in rural through utilization of contraceptive methods using
mass media, community mobilization and health education in more comprehensive manner
