Table 1.

Trends in the prevalence of modern contraceptive use among women in Sierra Leone by different inequality dimensions, 2008–2019

Dimension	2008				2013				2019
	N	%	LB	UB	N	%	LB	UB	N	%	LB	UB
Age
15–19	358	1.1	0.3	4.3	729	7.7	5.7	10.3	477	14.2	11.0	18.2
20–49	5166	7.1	6.1	8.2	1017	16.1	14.9	17.4	9237	21.2	20.0	22.5
Economic status
Quintile 1 (poorest)	1178	2.9	1.9	4.4	2341	11.4	9.6	13.4	2079	15.8	14.1	17.7
Quintile 2	1143	2.7	1.8	4.0	2323	11.4	9.8	13.3	2134	17.8	15.8	20.1
Quintile 3	1185	3.2	2.2	4.7	2306	12.0	10.2	14.2	1979	20.8	18.4	23.3
Quintile 4	1050	8.9	7.2	10.9	2086	19.1	16.9	21.5	1770	25.9	23.7	28.2
Quintile 5 (richest)	966	17.9	14.6	21.8	1845	26.3	23.4	29.4	1750	25.8	22.7	29.1
Education
No education	4280	4.4	3.7	5.2	7869	13.1	11.9	14.4	5956	16.7	15.4	18.1
Primary education	601	9.4	7.0	12.5	1425	18.9	16.4	21.6	1297	24.5	21.6	27.7
Secondary or higher education	643	19.5	16.2	23.3	1607	24.6	21.9	27.5	2460	29.2	27.0	31.5
Place of residence
Rural	3964	3.7	3.0	4.6	7980	12.2	10.9	13.6	6136	18.1	16.6	19.6
Urban	1560	14.2	11.7	17.1	2922	24.7	22.2	27.3	3578	25.7	23.7	27.8
Province
Eastern	1027	5.3	3.9	7.1	2557	16.5	14.3	18.9	2007	23.4	20.8	26.2
Northern	2434	3.0	2.3	4.0	4398	11.3	9.6	13.3	2172	17.5	15.1	20.3
Northwestern	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1760	15.9	13.5	18.5
Southern	1205	6.8	5.1	9.0	2434	16.2	14.1	18.6	1894	23.2	20.7	26.0
Western	857	18.6	15.0	22.8	1512	24.9	20.9	29.4	1880	24.4	21.4	27.6

LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound; N: sample size; NA: Not available