Table 2.

Logistic regression estimates of the effects of spousal communication on the odds of using one of four contraceptive methods, Chitwan Valley, Nepal, 1996–2006

	Male sterilization		Female sterilization		Depo-Provera		Condoms
Independent variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6	Model 7	Model 8
Family planning discussion
Wife’s report	1.79^***		1.60^*		1.49^**		1.45^*
Husband’s report		1.30^*		1.25		1.11		2.06^***
Childbearing experiences and preferences
Number of children ever born by 1996	1.11	1.19^*	1.08	1.19	1.08	1.10	1.81^***	1.80^***
Number of children ever died by 1996	0.69^*	0.69^*	1.12	1.05	1.24	1.28	0.35^***	0.36^***
Both spouses prefer no more children	0.93	0.96	0.84	0.76	1.02	1.06	0.68	0.64^*
Couple’s background information
Participation in spouse selection	1.06	1.05	1.14^*	1.11	0.95	0.93	1.01	0.98
Wife’s education	0.87	0.92	0.70	0.62^*	0.90	0.87	2.59^***	2.91^***
Husband’s education	1.04	0.81	0.73	0.58^*	1.16	1.00	1.01	0.70
Household owns house plot	0.99	1.01	1.05	1.13	0.91	0.88	0.74	0.81
Age
Wife aged 15–24 in 1996	1.81^**	1.81^**	1.72^*	2.14^**	1.23	1.23	1.59^*	1.37
Wife aged 25–34 in 1996 (r)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Husband aged 15–24 in 1996	0.89	1.01	1.11	1.37	1.28	1.48^*	1.72^*	1.95^*
Husband aged 25–56 in 1996 (r)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Ethnic group
Upper Caste Hindu (r)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Lower Caste Hindu	0.35^***	0.29^***	0.88	0.66	2.07^**	2.00^**	0.26^**	0.31^*
Newar	1.00	0.98	3.28^*	4.38^*	1.69	1.91^*	0.65	0.70
Hill Tibeto-Burmese	0.34^***	0.32^***	0.71	0.71	1.90^**	1.74^*	0.59	0.56
Terai Tibeto-Burmese	0.55^*	0.51^*	1.87	1.71	0.72	0.70	0.51	0.48^*
Access to contraceptives (minutes walk to nearest health post)	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99^*	0.99	0.99
Duration^a	1.19^*	1.25^*	2.21^***	2.63^***	0.75^**	0.76^**	0.37^***	0.37^***
Duration squared	0.97^**	0.96^**	0.92^***	0.91^***	1.01	1.00	1.08^***	1.08^***
Person-months	39,975	35,954	39,975	35,954	28,362	25,295	35,356	31,442
−2 Log likelihood	337,180	300,127	385,479	347,141	225,988	202,008	351,270	310,570

One-tailed test significant at p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001.

Duration measured in years since baseline interview, precise to the month.