Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of husbands as predictors of modern contraceptive use.
| Variables | Use of modern contraceptives | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |||
| Respondent’s age | ||||
| < 25 | ||||
| 25–49 | 0.7 | (0.60–0.80)** | 0.66 | (0.54–0.81)** |
| Respondent’s education level | ||||
| Never studied | ||||
| Primary | 7.27 | (6.1–8.62)** | 3.81 | (2.98–4.88)** |
| Secondary | 9.54 | (8.03–11.24)** | 4.1 | (3.15–5.33)** |
| Higher | 14.67 | (11.40–18.91)** | 4.3 | (3.02–6.27)** |
| Respondent currently working | ||||
| No | ||||
| Yes | 1.4 | (1.25–1.54)** | 1.15 | (1.01–1.30)* |
| Respondent’s place of living | ||||
| Urban | ||||
| Rural | 0.57 | (0.52–0.62)** | 0.88 | (0.77–1.02) |
| Husband ‘age | ||||
| ≤ 30 | ||||
| 31–60 | 0.74 | (0.64–0.85)** | 1.1 | (0.85–1.42) |
| > 60 | 0.35 | (0.27–0.43)** | 0.64 | (0.41–1.01) |
| Husband’s education level | ||||
| Never studied | ||||
| Primary | 6.6 | (5.4–8.10)** | 2.36 | (1.80–3.12)** |
| Secondary | 7.87 | (6.46–9.58)** | 2.44 | (1.84–3.24)** |
| Higher | 14.2 | (11.21–17.99)** | 3.9 | (2.78–5.47)** |
| Unknown | 3.61 | (2.41–5.41)** | 1.06 | (0.65–1.74) |
| Husband’ desire for children | ||||
| Both want same | ||||
| Husband wants more | 0.72 | (0.65–0.80)** | 0.94 | (0.84–1.07) |
| Husband wants fewer | 1.47 | (1.22–1.77)** | 1.57 | (1.28–1.93)** |
| Unknown | 0.56 | (0.50–0.64)** | 0.76 | (0.66–0.88)** |
| Husband’s place of living | ||||
| Living with the wife | ||||
| Staying elsewhere | 0.77 | (0.65–0.92)* | 0.75 | (0.60–0.95)* |
| Husband occupation | ||||
| Not working | ||||
| Working | 2.94 | (1.98–4.37)** | 4.53 | (2.55–8.04)** |
P-value < 0.05*; P-value < .001**. UOR: unadjusted odd ratio; AOR: adjusted odd ratio; CI: confidence interval.