Table 3.

Multivariable multinomial regression analysis of contraception methods (N = 8,885)

Study variables	Contraceptive utilization
	Traditional method vs. No method			Modern contraceptive vs. No method
	RRR	P-value	%CI	RRR	P-value	CI
Age
15–24 years	-	-	-	Ref	Ref.	Ref.
25–34 years	-	-	-	1.5	0.001	1.2–1.9
35–44 years	-	-	-	4.2	0.000	3.3–5.4
45+ year	-	-	-	2.9	0.001	2.2–3.7
Residence
urban	Ref		Ref.		Ref.	Ref.
rural	0.37	0.000	0.22–0.62	0.89	0.032	0.81–0.99
Educational status
No education	Ref		Ref.		Ref.	Ref.
Elementary school	0.101	0.000	0.046–0.28	0.82	0.06	0.67–1.01
secondary	0.405	0.014	0.19–0.83	0.87	0.191	0.71–1.07
Higher	0.477	0.093	0.20–1.31	0.77	0.035	0.61–0.98
Religion
Orthodox	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.	Ref.
Catholic	0.162	0.002	0.051–0.51	0.043	1.661	1.02–2.71
Protestant	0.360	0.000	0.065–0.47	0.008	2.784	1.3–5.92
Muslim	0.181	0.005	0.055–0.59	0.052	1.632	0.99–2.67
Traditional	0.240	0.014	0.077–0.75	0.689	0.904	0.55–1.48
Sex of the household
Male	-	-	-		Ref.	Ref.
Female	-	-	-	0.000	2.5	2.22–2.92
Marital status
Married	Ref.		Ref		Ref	Ref
Single	0.06	0.000	0.046–0.26	0.000	0.061	0.05–0.07
Number of children in the household
1–5	Ref		Ref.		Ref.	Ref
more than 5	0.82	0.39	0.51–1.29	1.73	0.000	1.6–1.9
Wealth index
poorest	Ref.		Ref.		Ref.	Ref.
Poorer	0.298	0.003	0.13–0.67	0.541	0.000	0.46–0.63
middle	0.096	0.000	0.026–0.35	0.737	0.000	0.64–0.85
richer	0.273	0.003	0.118–0.63	0.991	0.901	0.86–1.13
richest	0.440	0.015	0.228–0.85	0.866	0.034	0.75–0.98

Key: RRR = Relative Risk Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval, Ref = Reference