Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Integrating family planning into Ethiopian voluntary testing and counselling programmes

Duff Gillespie, Heather Bradley, Metiku Woldegiorgis, Aklilu Kidanu & Sabrina Karklins

Volume 87, Number 11, November 2009, 866-870

Table 1. Characteristics of female clients after introduction of family planning in voluntary counselling and testing facilities

Characteristics %
(n = 2027)
15–24 years old 74.4
Never married 64.0
Secondary or higher education 62.5
Student 41.2
No children 71.0
Urban 86.3
Ever had sex 59.4
Had sex in past 30 days 27.7
HIV-positive 7.7
Women in current sexual unions (n = 677)
Currently using contraceptive method 70.0
Unmet contraceptive need 17.0