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Couples can enjoy sexual activity at whatever time they choose without worrying about the possibility ofbecoming pregnant thanks to modern contraceptive technologies. The current study's objective was todetermine the extent of modern contraception use and its contributing factors among women of reproductiveageattending Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. We used a dataset of 420 respondents that was gatheredbetween March and April of 2022. To quantify statistical association and summarize descriptive data,respectively, logistic regression models and descriptive studies were utilized. The statistical significance of theassociation was evaluated using the adjusted odds ratio and the confidence interval, respectively. Finally, aconfidence interval was used to determine statistical significance. Overall, 86% of reproductive-age womenvisiting Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital used modern contraceptives overall in the research (20.4%).The implant/Norplant method, used by 102 people, and injectable contraceptives, used by 247 people (58.9%),were the two most popular modern contraceptive methods (24.3%). Multivariable logistic regression analysisrevealed that among reproductive-age women at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, age, residence,woman's occupation, number of living children, husband's education, age at first sexual encounter, husband'sdesire for additional children, wealth index, and TV watching were all independently associated with the useof modern contraception. Unexpectedly little contemporary contraception use was found among womenvisiting Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital of reproductive age in the current investigation. Age, place ofresidence, region, woman's occupation, number of living children, husband's educational attainment, age offirst sexual encounter, husband's desire for additional children, wealth index, and television viewing wereindependent predictors of modern contraceptive use among reproductive-age women visiting Fort PortalRegional Referral Hospital. These elements should be taken into account in any intervention approach thatencourages the use of current contraceptive methods for greater success.