Table 4.
Socioeconomic characteristics of families as predictors of modern contraceptive use.
| Variables | Use of modern contraceptives | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UOR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |||
| Household members | ||||
| ≤ 5 | ||||
| 6–10 | 1.06 | (0.96–1.17) | 1.33 | (1.15–1.53)** |
| 11–20 | 0.75 | (0.65–0.86)** | 1.16 | (0.93–1.45) |
| > 20 | 0.77 | (0.57–1.-4) | 2.37 | (1.48–3.82)** |
| Number of children | ||||
| ≤ 3 | ||||
| 4–5 | 1.01 | (0.90–1.35) | 1.16 | (0.99–1.35) |
| > 5 | 0.66 | (0.60–0.74)** | 1.25 | (1.06–1.48)* |
| Number of children under 5 | ||||
| ≤ 2 | ||||
| 3–4 | 0.92 | (0.82–1.02) | 1 | (0.87–1.15) |
| > 4 | 0.81 | (0.66–0.98)* | 0.88 | (0.61–1.270 |
| Number of wives | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| > 1 | 0.64 | (0.54–0.76)** | 1.04 | (0.85–1.27) |
| The ideal number of boys | ||||
| ≤ 1 | ||||
| 2–3 | 0.89 | (0.80–0.99)* | 0.83 | (0.72–0.94)* |
| > 3 | 0.35 | (0.31–0.39)** | 0.55 | (0.47–0.65)** |
| Sex of the head of the HH | ||||
| Male | ||||
| Female | 0.8 | (0.72–0.90) | 1 | (0.82–1.22) |
| Age of the head of the HH | ||||
| ≤ 30 | ||||
| 31–60 | 0.74 | (0.63–0.85)** | 0.64 | (0.50–0.83)** |
| > 60 | 0.59 | (0.49–0.72)** | 0.5 | (0.36–0.68)** |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | ||||
| Poorer | 3.22 | (2.70–3.83)** | 2 | (1.6–2.50)** |
| Middle | 3.79 | (3.19–4.50)** | 1.83 | (1.46–2.30)** |
| Richer | 5.22 | (4.39–6.20)** | 2.21 | (1.72–2.85)** |
| Richest | 6.37 | (5.32–7.63)** | 1.9 | (1.44–2.51)** |
P-value < 0.05*; P-value < .001**. UOR: unadjusted odd; ratio; AOR: adjusted odd ratio; CI: confidence interval.