Table 4.
Couple's concordance on pregnanncy ambivalence: responses to the problem question among couples who want to delay or stop childbearing by wives’ report of contraceptive use
| A. Contraceptive users***; N=3,085 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Husband's report | |||
| Wife's report | Any problem | No problem | All |
| Any problem | 20.7 | 25.7 | 46.4 |
| No problem | 9.3 | 44.3 | 53.6 |
| All | 30.0 | 70.0 | 100.0 |
| Percent agreement= 63.5%; kappa statistic= 0.26 | |||
| B. Non-users**; N=750 | |||
| Husband's report | |||
| Wife's report | Any problem | No problem | All |
| Any problem | 20.4 | 31.4 | 51.8 |
| No problem | 12.2 | 36.0 | 48.2 |
| All | 32.6 | 67.4 | 100.0 |
| Percent agreement= 61.1%; kappa statistic= 0.24 | |||
*Proportions are weighted for survey design, all n’s are unweighted
χ2 p-value <0.05;
p<0.01