Table 3.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women 0–23 months postpartum with unmet need for family planning.

	Unmet need						Total women in 0–23 months postpartum period (N)	P
	All		For spacing		For limiting
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (years)
<20	131	49.3	85	32.0	46	17.3	265	<0.001
20–29	686	50.6	283	20.8	403	29.7	1358
≥30	231	57.0	26	6.4	205	50.4	407
Level of education
No education	472	54.7	156	18.1	316	36.6	862	0.049
Primary	205	52.3	75	19.1	130	33.2	392
Secondary	305	48.2	142	22.4	163	25.8	632
Higher	66	45.9	22	15.0	44	30.9	144
Wealth quintile
Poorest	288	58.7	91	18.5	197	40.2	489	<0.001
Poorer	213	49.9	73	17.1	140	32.8	428
Middle	260	55.4	130	27.7	130	27.7	469
Richer	174	47.1	72	19.5	102	27.6	370
Richest	113	41.2	28	10.3	85	30.9	274
Caste/ethnicity*
Brahmin/Chhetri	298	50.5	94	15.9	204	34.6	591	0.007
Other Terai caste	117	52.7	65	29.3	52	23.4	222
Dalit	188	51.7	85	23.3	103	28.4	364
Newar	22	41.8	6	11.8	16	30.0	52
Janjati	323	49.9	115	17.8	208	32.1	647
Muslim	98	66.0	27	18.2	71	47.8	148
Place of residence
Urban	74	39.3	31	16.4	43	22.9	189	0.001
Rural	974	52.9	363	19.7	611	33.2	1841
Ecological zone
Mountain	87	52.2	30	17.8	57	34.4	166	0.001
Hill	441	56.1	135	17.2	306	38.9	785
Terai	520	48.2	229	21.2	291	27.0	1079
Total	1048	51.5	394	19.4	654	32.2	2030

*Missing = 6.