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Table 2 Amount paid for current contraceptive method among injectable and implant users who reported non-zero payment

From: Informal payments for modern family planning methods at public facilities in Tanzania: room for improvement

 

Total public sector

Total private sector

Injectable

  

N

157

229

Mean cost

1420 (TSh)

1930 (TSh)

Minimum

100 (TSh)

100 (TSh)

25th percentile

414 (TSh)

1347 (TSh)

Median

1329 (TSh)

1690 (TSh)

75th percentile

1855 (TSh)

1935 (TSh)

Maximum

1500 (TSh)

10,000 (TSh)

Implant

  

N

55

31

Mean cost

4127 (TSh)

6194 (TSh)

Minimum

500 (TSh)

1000 (TSh)

25th percentile

1758 (TSh)

2688 (TSh)

Median

2406 (TSh)

4250 (TSh)

75th percentile

3850 (TSh)

7536 (TSh)

Maximum

20,000 (TSh)

22,000 (TSh)

  1. TSh Tanzanian Shilling