Factors Affecting Utilization of Family Planning Service among Rural Women: The Case of Dendi Woreda, Oromia Region

Abstract

Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa. Family planning is a viable solution to control such fast growing population. In Ethiopia, women have, on average, about five children and surveys show that the unmet need for family planning services is high. This study aimed to identify factors that affect utilization of family planning service rural women in case of Dendi District Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia. In this study the data source is Dendi woreda Health Offices and Health Survey 2020 with a total of 11260 women of age 15-49 years. In this study by random sampling techniques 202women of reproductive age are considered. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression are used for statistical analysis. The descriptive result revealed that about 61.5% of the women user of family planning while 38.5 % did not practice family planning. The logistic regression analysis revealed that age, number of children, religion, and availability of NGO, contact with health center and knowledge of women were found to be significant predictors for women’s family planning practice. Hence, I recommend that the District health office administrators should work to with NGOs in the study area that are working on improvement and empowerment of rural women’s must be financial support and appropriate trainings in the study are