Table 3.
Adjusted effects of selected variables on unmet need for spacing, limiting and total unmet need among currently married women in SNNPR, EDHS 2000 & 2005.
| Background Characteristics | Spacing | Limiting | Total | |||
| RRR | P-value | RRR | P-value | OR | P-Value | |
| Age | ||||||
| 15–24 R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 25–34 | 0.60 | 0.05 | 1.28 | 0.47 | 0.67 | 0.10 |
| 35+ | 0.32 | 0.00 | 1.58 | 0.26 | 0.54 | 0.06 |
| Age at first Marriage | ||||||
| <18 R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 18+ | 1.99 | 0.00 | 1.42 | 0.10 | 1.77 | 0.00 |
| Number of living children | ||||||
| <5 R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 5+ | 0.65 | 0.07 | 1.81 | 0.01 | 1.01 | 0.98 |
| Sex composition of living children | ||||||
| Sons > daughters R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Sons=Daughters | 1.47 | 0.06 | 1.31 | 0.29 | 1.42 | 0.07 |
| Sons <than daughters | 1.39 | 0.07 | 1.28 | 0.24 | 1.34 | 0.09 |
| Child mortality experience | ||||||
| 0 R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 1+ | 0.71 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.05 | 0.82 | 0.14 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Urban R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Rural | 4.79 | 0.00 | 2.46 | 0.01 | 3.63 | 0.00 |
| Respondent's education | ||||||
| No education R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Primary | 0.54 | 0.01 | 0.58 | 0.02 | 0.54 | 0.00 |
| Secondary and above | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Orthodox R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Protestant | 1.47 | 0.15 | 1.24 | 0.39 | 1.38 | 0.20 |
| Muslim | 1.28 | 0.33 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 1.15 | 0.55 |
| Other | 2.09 | 0.04 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 1.62 | 0.17 |
| Knowledge of methods of FP | ||||||
| No R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 0.62 | 0.02 | 0.64 | 0.07 | 0.64 | 0.02 |
| Work status | ||||||
| Working R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Not Working | 0.71 | 0.06 | 0.76 | 0.17 | 0.73 | 0.07 |
| Visited by FP worker | ||||||
| No R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Yes | 0.52 | 0.02 | 0.48 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| Year | ||||||
| 2000R | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| 2005 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.00 |
| Number of Cases | 1870 | |||||