Table 3.
Adjusted determinants of modern contraceptive uptake among the women
| Variable | Categories | Adjusted determinants of modern contraceptive uptake |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never married | Ever married | Both | ||
| HR (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) | ||
| Marital status | Never married | 3.21 (2.82 to 3.64)* | ||
| Ever married | Reference | |||
| Age (years)† | 0.91 (0.89 to 0.92)* | 0.84 (0.83 to 0.85)* | 0.84 (0.83 to 0.85)* | |
| Age group | 15–19 | Reference | ||
| 20–24 | 1.31 (1.05 to 1.63)* | 0.75 (0.50 to 1.12) | 0.94 (0.78 to 1.14) | |
| 25–29 | 0.89 (0.70 to 1.14) | 0.26 (0.17 to 0.38)* | 0.38 (0.31 to 0.46)* | |
| 30–39 | 0.28 (0.20 to 0.39)* | 0.08 (0.05 to 0.12)* | 0.11 (0.09 to 0.13)* | |
| 40–49 | 0.10 (0.05 to 0.20)* | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.03)* | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.04)* | |
| Region | North Central | Reference | ||
| North East | 0.86 (0.56 to 1.31) | 0.41 (0.34 to 0.49)* | 0.46 (0.39 to 0.54)* | |
| North West | 2.49 (1.67 to 3.71)* | 0.4 (0.33 to 0.47)* | 0.47 (0.40 to 0.55)* | |
| South East | 1.47 (1.12 to 1.92)* | 0.39 (0.34 to 0.46)* | 0.55 (0.48 to 0.62)* | |
| South South | 1.58 (1.24 to 2.02)* | 0.49 (0.43 to 0.56)* | 0.68 (0.61 to 0.75)* | |
| South West | 1.41 (1.08 to 1.83)* | 0.94 (0.84 to 1.05) | 1.06 (0.95 to 1.17) | |
| Residence | Urban | Reference | ||
| Rural | 0.97 (0.83 to 1.14) | 0.8 (0.73 to 0.88)* | 0.83 (0.76 to 0.90)* | |
| Wealth index | Poorest | Reference | ||
| Middle | 1.41 (1.01 to 1.97)* | 1.72 (1.47 to 2.02)* | 1.71 (1.49 to 1.98)* | |
| Richest | 1.84 (1.33 to 2.54)* | 2.32 (1.98 to 2.71)* | 2.19 (1.90 to 2.53)* | |
| Highest education | No education | Reference | ||
| Primary | 2.88 (1.03 to 8.03)* | 3.17 (2.69 to 3.74)* | 3.29 (2.80 to 3.87)* | |
| Secondary | 4.47 (1.66 to 12.1)* | 4.46 (3.76 to 5.29)* | 4.90 (4.16 to 5.78)* | |
| Higher | 5.46 (2.00 to 14.9)* | 5.57 (4.59 to 6.76)* | 6.18 (5.15 to 7.42)* | |
| Religion | Catholic | Reference | ||
| Other Xtian | 0.95 (0.79 to 1.15) | 0.93 (0.82 to 1.05) | 0.94 (0.85 to 1.05) | |
| Islam | 1.14 (0.83 to 1.56) | 0.58 (0.49 to 0.67)* | 0.60 (0.52 to 0.69)* | |
| Traditionalist | 0.74 (0.10 to 5.36) | 0.67 (0.39 to 1.15) | 0.67 (0.40 to 1.12) | |
| Children ever born | No birth | Reference | ||
| 1–2 Births | 0.78 (0.65 to 0.93)* | 3.46 (2.40 to 4.99)* | 0.58 (0.52 to 0.65)* | |
| 3–4 Births | 0.49 (0.23 to 1.04) | 3.58 (2.48 to 5.17)* | 0.60 (0.53 to 0.68)* | |
| >4 Births | 0.48 (0.07 to 3.56) | 3.40 (2.35 to 4.93)* | 0.60 (0.52 to 0.68)* | |
*Significant at 5% p value; †treated as a continuous variable.
aHR, adjusted HR.