Factors influencing contraceptive use among married women in Masha Sub county in Isingiro District of Uganda

This research used data collected from a randomly selected sample of sixty six respondents from Masha Sub County, Isingiro district of Uganda using an interviewer’s administered questionnaire. The main objective was to identify the factors influencing contraceptive use in the area. Frequencies, cross tabulations and Binary Logistic regression were carried out to find factors for contraceptive use in Masha, Isingiro district, Uganda.

Findings show that all women were aware of contraception, Injectables being mostly used while Implants least used, most people did not use contraceptives because they are expensive, fear side effects and long distance to the family planning units. Education level was significant with contraception after cross tabulation while multivariate analysis found education and religion significant.

The researcher recommends government to encourage girl child education to increase knowledge about contraceptives. Sensitization of masses including Religious leaders on benefits of small family sizes should be done which are only achievable through contraception. More government health facilities providing contraceptive services should be put up in rural areas with all categories of contraceptives and well trained personnel to ease service delivery in Masha.