Table 2.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women aged 15–49 who gave birth in the last five years, by interval to subsequent pregnancy.

	No subsequent pregnancy		Subsequent pregnancy				Gave birth in last five years (N)	P
			≥24 months after previous birth		<24 months after previous birth
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age at first birth (years)
<20	828	28.1	1154	39.2	960	32.6	2941	<0.001
20–29	978	40.9	854	35.7	561	23.4	2393
≥30	34	59.6	15	26.3	8	14.0	57
Level of education
No education	476	18.7	1148	45.0	926	36.3	2550	<0.001
Primary	382	35.4	385	35.7	312	29.0	1079
Secondary	794	54.1	417	28.4	257	17.5	1468
Higher	188	63.9	74	24.9	33	11.2	295
Wealth quintile
Poorest	291	20.9	555	39.9	544	39.1	1390	<0.001
Poorer	353	29.8	488	41.3	342	28.9	1182
Middle	430	37.9	399	35.2	304	26.9	1133
Richer	414	44.2	311	33.2	212	22.6	938
Richest	352	47.0	270	36.1	126	16.9	748
Caste/ethnicity*
Brahmin/Chhetri	586	36.2	598	37.0	434	26.8	1618	<0.001
Other Terai caste	166	29.7	208	37.3	184	33.0	558
Dalit	269	28.0	377	39.3	313	32.7	959
Newar	57	40.3	62	43.6	23	16.0	142
Janjati	658	37.6	677	38.7	415	23.7	1751
Muslim	95	27.0	99	28.3	157	44.8	351
Place of residence
Urban	214	42.5	184	36.6	105	20.9	503	<0.001
Rural	1626	33.3	1839	37.6	1423	29.1	4888
Ecological zone
Mountain	117	27.3	164	38.3	147	34.4	428	0.143
Hill	706	33.2	807	37.9	617	29.0	2130
Terai	1017	35.9	1052	37.1	764	27.0	2833
Total	1840	34.1	2023	37.6	1528	28.3	5391

*Missing = 13.