Abstract:
Family planning use among reproductive aged women in Addis Ababa is declining from
56.9% to 49.9% according to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) data during 2005 and
2019. Urban health facilities had lesser availability of family planning services compared to rural facilities
(87% Vs. 95%) according to Service Readiness Assessment 2016. Evidence on the trend, inequalities and
service readiness in family planning services in Ethiopia is scarce and yet such evidence is important to
contribute to the effort towards increasing family planning use.
Objective: The objectives of this study is to assess the trend, and inequality in terms of age group,
religion, parity, women empowerment, education of women and husband, employment and media exposure
in family planning use among re productive aged women and health facilities that give family planning
services in Addis Ababa, and, to assess the family planning service readiness of health facilities in Addis
Ababa.