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Table 4 Number of family planning providers who provide each method and who restrict clients’ eligibility to use a method for reasons of age, marital status or partner’s consent, by method, according to type of provider in Uttar Pradesh

From: Provider imposed restrictions to clients’ access to family planning in urban Uttar Pradesh, India: a mixed methods study

Restriction/method

Doctor

Nurse

Midwife

TBA

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Minimum Age

        

  Pill

308

31.5

64

62.5

71

42.3

13

46.2

  Condom

281

12.8

66

10.6

70

17.1

14

7.1

  IUCD

283

70.3

90

78.9

69

75.4

19

63.2

  Injectables

219

48.9

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  Sterilization

213

70.9

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Age

        

  Pill

308

79.9

64

95.3

71

98.6

13

84.6

  Condom

281

5.7

66

25.8

69

8.7

14

28.6

  IUCD

284

89.1

90

85.6

69

97.1

19

84.2

  Injectables

219

80.4

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  Sterilization

212

81.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Partner’s consent

        

  Pill

307

20.5

66

50.0

72

27.8

13

46.2

  Condom

280

13.2

67

29.9

71

22.5

15

13.3

  IUCD

284

69.7

96

85.4

70

72.9

21

47.6

  Injectables

217

34.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  Sterilization

214

90.7

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Marital status

        

  Pill

307

47.6

66

77.3

72

72.2

13

61.5

  Condom

281

28.8

67

50.8

71

52.1

15

20.0

  IUCD

284

97.5

96

89.6

70

98.6

21

95.2

  Injectables

217

68.2

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  Sterilization

214

98.6

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. Note: Number of providers differs by barrier due to nonresponse or missing data for these questions; NA - Not Applicable.