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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Glob. Womens Health
Sec. Contraception and Family Planning
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1393020
Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive discontinuation among reproductive age women: Analysis of Tanzania Demographic Health Survey
Provisionally accepted
Bezawit Melak Fente 1*
Angwach Abrham Asnake 2
Yohannes Mekuria Negussie 3
Meklit Melaku Bezie 4
Zufan Alamrie 5
Hiwot Altaye Asebe 6
Beminate Lemma Seifu 6- 1 Department of General Midwifery, School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
- 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences and Medicine, Wolaita Sodo University, Sodo, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
- 3 Adama General Hospital and Medical College, Adama, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
- 4 Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
- 5 Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia
- 6 Department of Public Health, College of Medical and Health Science, Samara University, Samara, Ethiopia
Background: Abortions performed unsafely, unintended births, and missed and unwanted pregnancies are linked to discontinuation of contraception for reasons other than wanting to become pregnant, and these situations raise the risk of maternal morbidity and death. However, a study on the determination of factors contributing to contraceptive discontinuation in Tanzania is limited. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and determinants of contraceptive discontinuation among reproductive-age women in Tanzania using recent Tanzania Demographic Health Surveys.A cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data analysis from of 2022 Tanzania Demographic Health Survey (DHS). A total weighted sample of 6,467 reproductiveage women were included. To account for the clustering effects of DHS data and the binary nature of the outcome variable, a multilevel binary logistic regression model was applied. An adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was reported to declare the statistical significance. In addition, the model that had the lowest deviance was the one that best fit the data.The prevalence of discontinuation for all contraceptive methods among reproductive-age women was 34% (95% CI; 31.3%, 34.7%). Women who age group of 20-29 years (AOR = 4.45
Keywords: Prevalence, Contraceptive, determinants, discontinuation, Women, TDHS 2022, Tanzania
Received: 08 May 2024; Accepted: 25 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Fente, Asnake, Mekuria Negussie, Melaku Bezie, Alamrie, Asebe and Seifu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Bezawit Melak Fente, Department of General Midwifery, School of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
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