Table 3.

Odds ratios for interim contraceptive adoption among fecund unsterilized women aged 15–45 with at least one living child who are not practicing contraception, rural India

Variable	Odds ratio
Experienced physical violence from husband
No (r)	1.00
Yes	0.85*
Education
None (r)	1.00
Primary	1.65*
Secondary+	2.53*
Parity
1–2 (r)	1.00
3–4	1.09
5+	0.61*
Has a living son
No (r)	1.00
Yes	1.91*
Index of wife's decisionmaking power	1.02
Husband's education
None (r)	1.00
Primary	1.73*
Secondary	1.83*
Higher	2.31*
Household-asset ownership
Low (r)	1.00
Medium	1.09
High	1.16
State of residence
Bihar (r)	1.00
Jharkhand	1.16
Maharashtra	4.48*
Tamil Nadu	3.80*
(N)	(3,234)

^*Significant at p ≤ 0.05.