Married women, women who attained higher levels of education and those living within 1 km of a road were more likely to use contraception within 6 months, although this failed to reach statistical significance. 3.5 Method switching Of the 169 women who did use a modern method of contraception at any time after delivering, just five used more than one method during the course of the observation period: three started with injectables and switched to an implant and two used both injectables and oral contraceptive pills. 3.6 PPA and amenorrhea Presumably not all women were sexually active and had commenced menstruation and hence would not need contraception.
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Postpartum uptake of contraception in rural northern Malawi: A prospective study.
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