Women’s Experiences on Injectable Contraceptive Preference Among Jimma Town Public Health Facilities, Southwest Ethiopia 2023. A Phenomenological Study Design

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Table 1 Background Characteristics of the Study Participants, Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2023 (n = 12)

ID	Age	Educational Status	Marital Status	Religion	Parity	Occupation	Duration of Contraceptive Use
P1	33	Diploma	Married	Protestant	Multi-parity	Gov’t employed	4 year
P2	42	Degree	Married	Muslim	Grand-parity	Gov’t employed	2 year
P3	30	Degree	Married	Orthodox	Multi-parity	Gov’t employed	2 year
P4	28	12th	Married	Muslim	Multi-parity	Merchant	3 year
P5	28	No formal E	Married	Muslim	Multi-parity	House wife	4 year
P6	30	10th	Married	Muslim	Multi-parity	House wife	3 year
P7	27	8th	Married	Protestant	Multi-parity	House wife	2year
P8	25	12th	Married	Orthodox	Null-parity	House wife	3 year
P9	19	12th	Married	Muslim	Null-parity	House wife	2 year
P10	30	Degree	Married	Orthodox	Grand-parity	Gov’t employed	4 year
P11	25	No Formal E	Married	Protestant	Multi-parity	House wife	2 year
P12	27	Diploma	Married	Muslim	Multi-parity	Non G. Employed	2 year

Table 2 The Themes and Categories Emerged for Women Use Injectable Contraceptives at Jimma Town Public Health Facilities, South West, Ethiopia, 2023

Themes	Subthemes/Categories
Contraceptive Knowledge	Purpose
	Contraceptives type
	Side effects
Women interaction with health care provider	Availability
	Quality of care
	Interaction with HCP
	Service Satisfaction
Contraceptive preference experiences	Types contraceptives
	Decision making
	Justification
Direct contraceptives experiences	Emotions/feelings
	Side effect
	Partner and family reaction
Factors influenced contraception experiences	Fear of Side effect
	Attitude and perception
	Religious pressure
	Spousal and family opposition
Recommendation and way forward	Long term
	Short term