Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive use among men in Tanzania: Analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey.

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PLOS global public health Pub Date : 2025-09-22 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1371/journal.pgph.0005226
Pankras Luoga, Jovinary Adam, Siri A Abihudi
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Globally, contraceptive use is an important strategy in fighting maternal and neonatal deaths. The spacing and avoiding unplanned pregnancies while providing woman with enough time recovering her health and newborns growing. However, the contraception uses in developing countries including Tanzania is low and is worse among men, culturally regarded as the dominant decision makers in sexual relationships. This study intended to assess prevalence and determinants of the contraceptive use among Tanzanian men using the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS) 2022. The study analyzed secondary data collected using cross-sectional study design of weighted 5763 men obtained from the TDHS 2022. A dependent variable was contraceptive use and independent variables were man's demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Bivariate and multivariable analysis were conducted and p-value<0.05 determined a significant factor. The prevalence of contraceptive use among Tanzanian men is 26%. The logistic regression showed men aged 45-49 years (aOR=3.08, 95% CI = 1.90-5.01) had higher odds to use contraceptive compared to men aged 15-19. Men with higher education (aOR=2.94, 95% CI = 1.79-4.84) had higher odds to use contraceptive compared to those with informal education, from rich quantile (aOR=1.42, 95% CI = 0.92-1.46) had higher odds compared to poor. Men with five and above children (aOR=1.62, 95% CI = 1.08-2.43) had higher odds to use contraceptive compared to those with no child. Those desired no more child had odds of 1.4 times higher to use contraceptive (aOR=1.40, 95% CI = 1.05-1.88), men who heard family planning on radio (aOR=1.39, 95% CI = 1.16-1.66) had higher odds of using contraceptive to those who did not. The contraceptive use among Tanzanian men is generally low with a prevalence rate of only 26% and was associated with man's age, education level, wealth index, number of children, and occupation. More tailored programs targeting men to increase their education level particularly health education are crucial in increasing men's contraceptive use in Tanzania.

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坦桑尼亚男性避孕药具使用率和决定因素:对2022年人口和健康调查的分析。
在全球范围内,使用避孕药具是减少孕产妇和新生儿死亡的一项重要战略。间隔和避免意外怀孕,同时为妇女提供足够的时间恢复健康和新生儿生长。然而,在包括坦桑尼亚在内的发展中国家,避孕药具的使用率很低,而且在男性中使用率更低,在文化上,男性被视为性关系的主要决策者。本研究旨在利用坦桑尼亚人口与健康调查(TDHS) 2022评估坦桑尼亚男性避孕药具使用的流行程度和决定因素。该研究分析了从TDHS 2022中获得的加权5763名男性的横断面研究设计收集的次要数据。因变量是避孕药具的使用,自变量是男性的人口和社会经济特征。进行双变量和多变量分析和p值分析
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