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. 2013 Sep 11;10:48. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-10-48

Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regression findings for family planning use among married, non-pregnant fecund women aged 15–49

Variables Modern user vs. Non-user
Traditional user vs. Non-user
Modern user vs. Traditional user
β SE β SE β SE
Family sex composition
 
 
 
 
 
 
No living children
-2.82
0.15***
-2.78
0.21***
-0.04
0.23
Zero sons, one or more daughters
-0.48
0.09***
-0.38
0.11***
-0.10
0.10
Zero daughters, one or more sons
0.02
0.08
-0.11
0.10
0.13
0.09
Equal number of sons and daughters
0.15
0.08+
-0.00
0.10
0.15
0.08+
Have both sons and daughters, but have more daughters than sons (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Have both sons and daughters, but have more sons than daughters
0.36
0.07***
0.09
0.09
0.27
0.07***
Age group
 
 
 
 
 
 
15–24
-0.65
0.09***
-0.29
0.11**
-0.36
0.09***
25–29
-0.37
0.08***
-0.25
0.09**
-0.12
0.08
30–34
-0.12
0.07+
-0.08
0.09
-0.04
0.07
35–39
0.04
0.07
0.10
0.09
-0.07
0.07
40+ (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
 
 
 
 
 
 
None
-1.02
0.07***
-0.62
0.08***
-0.40
0.07***
1–11 years
-0.44
0.07***
-0.33
0.08***
-0.11
0.06+
12+ complete (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Employed in the past 12 months
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
0.09
0.07
0.14
0.08+
-0.04
0.07
No (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wealth quintile (six city)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Poorest
-0.17
0.07*
-0.08
0.09
-0.09
0.07
Poor
-0.21
0.07**
-0.24
0.08**
0.03
0.07
Medium
-0.08
0.07
-0.14
0.09
0.06
0.07
Rich
-0.20
0.07**
-0.18
0.08*
-0.02
0.07
Richest (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Caste
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scheduled caste/tribe
-0.10
0.07
0.00
0.09
-0.11
0.08
Other backward/extreme backward caste
-0.09
0.05
-0.04
0.06
-0.05
0.06
None (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Religion
 
 
 
 
 
 
Muslim
-0.53
0.06***
-0.33
0.07***
-0.21
0.07**
non-Muslim (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
City
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agra
0.00
0.09
-0.26
0.10**
0.27
0.08***
Aligarh
-0.33
0.09***
-0.14
0.09
-0.20
0.09*
Allahabad
0.00
0.09
-0.10
0.11
0.10
0.09
Gorakhpur (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Moradabad
0.23
0.08**
-0.21
0.10*
0.45
0.08***
Varanasi
-0.04
0.09
-0.74
0.11***
0.70
0.10***
Residence
 
 
 
 
 
 
Slum
-0.12
0.05*
-0.12
0.06+
-0.00
0.05
Non-slum (ref)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Parity
 
 
 
 
 
 
0–1
-0.98
0.10***
-0.35
0.12**
-0.62
0.11***
2
-0.44
0.08***
0.03
0.10
-0.48
0.09***
3
0.03
0.07
0.06
0.09
-0.03
0.07
4+ (ref)            

Unweighted n = 14,886; +p ≤ .10; *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001.