Table 3.
Factors associated with quality of family planning services among young women in Sierra Leone
| Characteristics | Crude model cOR (95% CI) |
P-value | Adjusted model aOR (95% CI) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heard family planning messages on mass media | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 1.22 (0.92–1.64) | 0.172 | 1.21 (0.89–1.63) | 0.229 |
| Source of family planning method | ||||
| Private health facility | 1 | |||
| Government health facility | 3.09 (2.33–4.11) | < 0.001 | 2.50 (1.83–3.41) | < 0.001 |
| Access to internet | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 0.71 (0.51–1.01) | 0.054 | 0.95 (0.65–1.40) | 0.792 |
| Age | ||||
| 15 to 19 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20 to 24 | 0.85 (0.66–1.10) | 0.215 | 0.97 (0.74–1.28) | 0.84 |
| Residence | ||||
| Rural | 1 | 1 | ||
| Urban | 0.60 (0.44–0.81) | 0.001 | 0.86 (0.56–1.32) | 0.491 |
| Region | ||||
| Western | 1 | 1 | ||
| Southern | 0.65 (0.40–1.05) | 0.079 | 0.39 (0.22–0.69) | 0.001 |
| Northwestern | 1.43 (0.83–2.47) | 0.194 | 0.73 (0.40–1.31) | 0.291 |
| Northern | 2.08 (1.26–3.41) | 0.004 | 1.05 (0.59–1.87) | 0.86 |
| Eastern | 1.28 (0.76–2.16) | 0.360 | 0.66 (0.37–1.19) | 0.164 |
| Religion | ||||
| Islam | 1 | 1 | ||
| Christianity and others | 0.76 (0.58–0.99) | 0.042 | 0.89 (0.65–1.21) | 0.459 |
| Sex household head | ||||
| Male | 1 | - | ||
| Female | 0.90 (0.69–1.18) | 0.438 | ||
| Working status | ||||
| Not working | 1 | 1 | ||
| Working | 1.46 (1.11–1.91) | 0.007 | 1.07 (0.77–1.48) | 0.689 |
| Education Level | ||||
| No Education | 1 | 1 | ||
| Primary Education | 0.56 (0.32–0.98) | 0.043 | 0.58 (0.32–1.04) | 0.069 |
| Secondary Education | 0.68 (0.44–1.05) | 0.080 | 0.87 (0.54–1.40) | 0.570 |
| Tertiary | 0.33 (0.14–0.76) | 0.010 | 0.77 (0.31–1.93) | 0.578 |
| Wealth Index | ||||
| Poorest | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poorer | 1.05 (0.61–1.81) | 0.866 | 1.11 (0.65–1.89) | 0.703 |
| Middle | 1.42 (0.84–2.40) | 0.194 | 1.36 (0.81–2.30) | 0.244 |
| Richer | 0.81(0.48–1.37) | 0.431 | 0.99 (0.55–1.79) | 0.968 |
| Richest | 0.49 (0.28–0.86) | 0.012 | 0.49 (0.24–0.98) | 0.043 |
| Visited health facility within 12 months | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 2.28 (1.74–2.98) | < 0.001 | 1.93 (1.45–2.58) | < 0.001 |
| Visited by field health worker within 12 months | ||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 2.29 (1.71–3.06) | < 0.001 | 1.67 (1.24–2.26) | 0.001 |
| Permission to access healthcare | ||||
| Big problem | 1 | - | ||
| Not big problem | 1.06 (0.73–1.52) | 0.775 | ||
| Distance to health facility | ||||
| Big problem | 1 | 1 | ||
| Not big problem | 1.23 (0.92–1.64) | 0.154 | 1.45 (1.10–1.90) | 0.008 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Not married | 1 | - | ||
| Married | 1.02 (0.74–1.39) | 0.907 |