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Health Survey Findings
Table 193: If the respondent has ever been on the oral contraceptive pill, for how many years
was she taking it? (Questionnaire item C1_38a)
0-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16 + yrs n
Total ROI 74.0% 14.0% 8.1% 3.9% 258
NI 70.6% 23.5% 4.4% 1.5% 68
Under 30 ROI 94.0% 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 116
NI 78.8% 18.2% 3.0% 0.0% 33
30-44 ROI 64.8% 19.3% 12.5% 3.4% 88
NI 63.0% 25.9% 7.4% 3.7% 27
45 + ROI 44.9% 20.4% 20.4% 14.3% 49
NI 62.5% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 8
(for those on the contraceptive pill only)
Table 194: If you have required contraception or protection in the past year, please indicate
which methods you used. (Questionnaire item C1_39)
ROI
n=431
NI
n=93
Total Natural family planning 18.8% 32.3%
Barrier 4.6% 2.2%
Pill 39.4% 44.1%
Injection 8.4% 12.9%
Implant 7.0% 5.4%
Other 25.1% 21.5%
Those not taking folic acid or multivitamins in the last year were 44.8% in ROI and 40.7% in NI, and this
was strongly inversely age related. Over a third of those under 30 in ROI (32.8%) reported almost daily
intake compared to 23.0% in NI.
Table 195: Have you taken folic acid tablets or multivitamins containing folic acid during the
past year? (Questionnaire item C1_40)
Never Sometimes Every or most days n
Total ROI 44.8% 31.8% 23.4% 685
NI 40.7% 38.5% 20.7% 135
Under 30 ROI 31.0% 36.2% 32.8% 287
NI 42.6% 34.4% 23.0% 61
30-44 ROI 39.1% 36.7% 24.3% 169
NI 36.5% 44.2% 19.2% 52
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