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. 2025 Aug 23;15:31053. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-15720-3

Table 1.

Individual and household -level characteristics of FPMHSU, EDHS 2019 (n = 3927).

Variables Categories FPMHSU
Yes (%) No (%)
Age of mothers 15–19 138(3.51%), 89(2.27%)
20–24 493(12.56%) 276(7.03%)
25–29 664 (16.91%), 529 (13.48%)
30–34 466(11.87%) 333 (8.48%)
35–39 316(8.05%) 274 (6.98%)
40–44 123(3.13%) 136 (3.46%)
45–49 36(0.92%) 54 (1.38%)
Marital status Currently married 2098(53.45%) 1586 (40.38%)
Currently unmarried 138 (3.51%) 105 (2.67%)
Age at first birth (years) 15–17 839 (21.37%) 807 (20.56%)
18–19 1397 (35.6%) 884 (22.49%)
Religion Orthodox 937 (23.86%) 504 (12.84%)
Muslim 557 (14.19%) 525 (13.37%)
Protestant 724 (18.43%) 616 (15.69%)
Others 18 (0.46%) 46 (1.17%)
Mother education Not educated 854 (21.75%) 1161 (29.56%)
Primary educated 948 (24.14%) 467 (11.89%)
Secondary 289 (7.36%) 56 (1.43%)
Higher 145 (3.72%) 7 (0.15%)
Contraceptive usage Yes 1141 (29.06%) 593 (15.1%)
No 1095 (27.88%) 1098 (27.96%)
Told pregnancy complications Yes 1386 (35.29%) 365 (9.29%)
No 850 (21.65%) 1326 (33.77%)
Sex of child Male 1173 (29.88%) 885 (22.54%)
Female 1063 (27.07%) 806 (20.53%)
Preceding birth interval < 24 months 261 (6.65%) 342 (8.71%)
> 24 months 1358 (34.58%) 1126 (28.68%)
Parity Low parity (≤ 2) 1102 (28.06%) 461 (11.74%)
high parity (> 2) 1134 (28.88%) 1230 (31.32%)