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Table 1 Summary of participants’ information

From: Do modern family planning methods impact women’s quality of life? Jordanian women’s perspective

Factor

Categories

Oral contraceptives

IUD

Implant and injectable hormonal contraceptives

Sterilization

Male condoms

Total

Education level

Illiterate

0.78%

2.19%

2.46%

0

7.69%

2.55%

Primary school

22.04%

18.42%

12.34%

17.64%

19.23%

18.43%

Secondary school

37.79%

35.52%

35.8%

17.64%

34.61%

34.85%

High school

7.08%

8.33%

7.40%

20.58%

8.97%

8.75%

Graduate/Post Graduate

32.28%

35.52%

41.97%

29.14%

29.48%

35.58%

Income

Less than 400 JD

35.43%

27.19%

35.80%

41.17%

30.76%

32.52%

More than 400 JD

62.20%

70.61%

60.49%

58.82%

65.38%

59.85%

Residency

Rent

58.26%

54.38%

69.13%

67.64%

56.41%

58.57%

Owned

40.94%

44.29%

28.39%

20.58%

38.46%

38.86%

Other

0.78%

1.31%

2.46%

11.76%

3.84%

2.37%

Smoking

No

88.97%

91.6%

96.29%

85.29%

85.89%

91.61%

Yes

11.02%

8.33%

3.70%

14.70%

14.10%

9.49%

Employment status

Employed

10.23%

7.45%

18.51%

20.58%

26.92%

11.86%

Unemployed

89.76%

92.54%

81.48%

79.41%

73.07%

88.13%

Prescribed FP

No

10.24%

10.13%

9.88%

8.82%

6.49%

9.52%

Yes

89.76%

89.87%

90.12%

91.18%

93.51%

90.48%

Prior knowledge of side effects

Yes

11.81%

22.81%

25.93%

20.59%

14.1%

19.34%

No

88.19%

77.1%9

74.07%

79.41%

85.9%

80.66%

Had enough information about FP

Yes

46.46%

44.3%

54.32%

41.18%

48.72%

46.72%

No

53.54%

55.7%

45.68%

58.82%

51.28%

53.28%

Noticed bleeding

Always

11.11%

1.32%

13.75%

0

8.97%

6.42%

Very often

35.71%

17.62%

42.5%

20.59%

33.33%

27.89%

Quite often

33.33%

25.11%

36.25%

17.65%

26.92%

28.44%

Seldom

11.9%

27.31%

5%

20.59%

17.95%

18.72%

Never

7.94%

28.63%

2.5%

41.18

12.82%

18.53%

Self-reported QoL

Very poor

1.57%

1.75%

4.94%

47.06%

5.13%

5.47%

Poor

3.15%

4.82%

4.94%

32.35%

11.54%

7.12%

Neither poor nor good

48.82%

34.65%

43.21%

5.88%

34.62%

37.41%

Good

35.43%

44.3%

30.86%

5.88%

38.46%

37.04%

Very good

11.02%

14.47%

16.05%

8.82%

10.26%

12.96%

Self-reported health satisfaction

Very dissatisfied

1.57%

3.07%

1.23%

38.24%

5.13%

4.93%

Dissatisfied

14.96%

10.53%

18.52%

26.47%

14.1%

14.23%

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

40.94%

46.05%

33.33%

26.47%

33.33%

39.96%

Satisfied

42.52%

36.4%

46.91%

5.88%

35.9%

37.41%

Very satisfied

0

3.95%

0

2.94%

11.54%

3.47%