Table 4.

A multivariate Logistic regression on predictors of use of modern contraceptive methods in Nekemte town, Ethiopia, April, 2014

Characteristics	Using Modern Contraceptive methods	Crude OR	Adjusted OR
	Yes (%) No (%)	OR (CI)	OR (CI)
Age category in years
15–24	164 (58.4 %) 117 (41.6 %)	1	1
25–34	399 (77.6 %) 115 (22.4 %)	2.48 (1.81–3.39)	2.00 (1.35–2.98)*
35–44	152 (76.8 %) 46 (23.2 %)	2.36 (1.57–3.53)	1.21 (0.68–2.14)
> 44	6 (60.0 %) 4 (40.0 %)	1.07 (0.30–3.88)	0.59 (0.12–2.82)
Education of respondents
Below and Primary	330 (62.0 %) 202 (38.0 %)	1	1
Secondary and above	391 (83.0 %) 80 (17.0 %)	2.99 (2.22–4.03)	2.50 (1.62–3.84)*
Education of Husband
Below and Primary	266 (60.9 %) 171 (39.1 %)	1	1
Secondary and above	455 (80.4 %) 111 (19.6 %)	2.64 (1.99–3.50)	1.21 (0.83–1.78)
Occupation of respondents
Government Employed	131 (83.4 %) 26 (16.6 %)	2.19 (1.50–3.41)	0.58 (0.32–1.03)
Others	590 (69.7 %) 256 (30.3 %)	1	1
Monthly income
< 600	132 (59.7 %) 89 (40.3 %)	1	1
600–1000	184 (66.9 %) 91 (33.1 %)	1.36 (0.94–1.97)	1.50 (0.97–2.32)
1001–1500	108 (80.0 %) 27 (20.0 %)	2.70 (1.64–4.45)	2.26 (1.24–4.10)*
1501–2000	137 (76.5 %) 42 (23.5 %)	2.20 (1.42–3.41)	1.29 (0.76–2.21)
> 2000	160 (82.9 %) 33 (17.1 %)	3.27 (2.06–5.19)	1.55 (0.85–2.82)
Number of live children
< =2	416 (69.6 %) 182 (30.4 %)	1	1
> 2	284 (78.2 %) 79 (21.8 %)	1.57 (1.16–2.13)	0.88 (0.57–1.37)
Respondent Wants more child
Yes	345 (64.6 %) 189 (35.4 %)	1	1
No	376 (80.2 %) 93 (19.8 %)	2.22 (1.66–2.95)	2.60 (1.48–4.56)*
Husband desire more child
Yes	331 (65.5 %) 174 (34.5 %)	1	1
No	390 (78.3 %) 108 (21.7 %)	1.90 (1.43–2.52)	1.05 (0.63–1.74)
Fertility related decision
Joint decision	649 (76.3 %) 202 (23.7 %)	3.57 (2.50–5.09)	3.70 (2.45–5.58)*
Others	72 (47.4 %) 80 (52.6 %)	1	1
Have Radio/Tv
Yes	557 (77.0 %) 166 (23.0 %)	2.37 (1.77–3.19)	1.93 (1.37–2.71)*
No	164 (58.6 %) 116 (41.4 %)	1	1

Key = *Statistically significant (p-value <0.05) 1 = Reference category