Background: Tanzania is among of the African countries with high maternal and child mortality rates and fast growing population. It also has high fertility rate and a huge unmet need for family planning. Tanzania had high unmet needs for family planning which is estimated to be 22% among married women age 15-49 and 23.5% among young women age 20-24 (TDHS 2010). According to DHS 2015-16, 32 percent of married women use modern contraception, a slight increase from 27 percent in 2010. While use of contraception has improved, great disparities exist. Rates of contraceptive use are lower among poorer women, with only 19 percent of the poorest married women using any form of modern contraception compared to 35 percent of the wealthiest women in Tanzania.
New data from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in Tanzania show that the country did not realize its 2012 commitment to double the number of family planning users to 4.2 million and increase the total contraceptive prevalence rate to 60 percent by 2015.
Broad Objective: This study aimed to assess factors affecting modern use of contraceptives among female of reproductive age attending Makongoro RCH in Mwanza.
Methodology: It was a cross sectional study among women of reproductive age attending Makongoro RCH using a self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS windows version 20.