Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios for the binary logistic regression of the association between background characteristics and early childbearing, SSA DHS Data (N = 54,671)

Early childbearing
Background Characteristics	aOR	p-value	95% CI
Age
20	1
21	0.83	0.000***	0.75–0.92
22	0.75	0.000***	0.69–0.82
23	0.63	0.000***	0.58–0.69
24	0.53	0.000***	0.48–0.58
Residence
Urban	1
Rural	0.91	0.021*	0.83–0.98
Education level
None	1
Primary	0.93	0.059ns	0.86–1.00
Secondary	0.57	0.000***	0.52–0.62
Higher	0.32	0.000***	0.22–0.45
Wealth status
Poor	1
Middle	0.93	0.056ns	0.86–1.00
Rich	0.94	0.166ns	0.86–1.03
Knows any FP method
Knows no method/traditional method	1
Knows modern method	1.05	0.623ns	0.87–1.26
Employment status
Not working	1
Working	1.03	0.342ns	0.97–1.10
Age at first sex
Less than 15 years	1
15–24 years	0.15	0.000***	0.14–1.16
Household size
1–3	1
4–5	2.13	0.000***	1.97–2.31
6+	1.68	0.000***	1.55–1.92
Desired family size
1–3	0.63	0.000***	0.58–0.69
4–5	0.85	0.000***	0.78–0.92
6+	1
Visited by community health worker
No	1
Yes	0.97	0.534ns	0.89–1.06
Exposure to media FP messages
No	1
Yes	0.99	0.778ns	0.93–1.05

*** p < 0.001; * = p < 0.05; ns = not signifcant