Norms and beliefs toward contraception, both positive and negative, motivate contraceptive use; however, they have seldom been explored longitudinally in low- and middle-income countries, limiting our understanding of their influence on contraceptive dynamics. We used º£½Ç»»ÆÞ2020 Uganda national longitudinal data of reproductive aged women in 2018 (baseline) and 2019 (follow-up) to explore discontinuation and switching among modern contraceptive users at baseline and contraceptive use at follow-up among nonusers at baseline.
May 20, 2021