Table 1.
Percent using modern contraception by fertility desire and selected background characteristics
| Sebeta, Ethiopia | Asawase, Ghana | Ipetumodu, Nigeria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 986 Baseline (%) | N = 741 Follow up (%) | N = 784 Baseline (%) | N = 623 Follow up (%) | N = 761 Baseline (%) | N = 479 Follow up (%) | |
| Current use of modern contraception [n (%)] | ||||||
| Yes | 660 (66.9) | 454 (61.3) | 99 (12.6) | 67 (10.8) | 224 (29.4) | 176 (36.7) |
| No | 326 (33.1) | 287 (38.7) | 685 (87.4) | 556 (89.3) | 537 (70.6) | 303 (63.3) |
| % of modern contraceptive users: | ||||||
| Fertility desires | ||||||
| Want more | 63.9 | 64.1 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 25.8 | 26.3 |
| No more | 71.3a | 71.9a | 13.9 | 13.0 | 37.2b | 39.0b |
| Education | ||||||
| No formal | 70.2 | 67.5 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 18.4 | 36.4 |
| Primary | 69.4 | 71.4 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 27.5 | 24.8 |
| Secondary | 63.9 | 65.2 | 12.3d | 11.8d | 29.7 | 31.3 |
| Tertiary | 64.9 | 66.3 | 36.3 | 35.8 | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| <25 | 73.6 | 74.6 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 25.5 |
| 25-34 | 71.4 | 72.4 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 28.0 | 28.4 |
| 35-49 | 48.1c | 50.3c | 10.5 | 10.5 | 35.0a | 35.9 |
| Parity | ||||||
| 0-1 | 64.9 | 51.8b | 8.8 | 10.4 | 21.3 | 23.8 |
| 2-3 | 69.8 | 70.3 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 26.7 | 29.4 |
| 4+ | 65.1 | 66.7 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 38.5c | 36.4 |
| Polygyny | ||||||
| No | 67.3 | 67.6 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 28.4 | 29.8 |
| Yes | 63.0 | 69.0 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 31.9 | 32.3 |
| Wealth | ||||||
| Lowest | 73.9 | 73.9 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 21.3 | 26.1 |
| Lower | 69.2 | 70.4 | 16.6 | 14.3 | 29.4 | 29.0 |
| Middle | 71.6 | 72.5 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 33.1 | 30.9 |
| Higher | 63.6 | 63.2 | 8.8 | 11.6 | 32.0 | 35.4 |
| Highest | 56.4b | 57.1b | 11.5 | 9.1 | 31.6 | 31.1 |
a p < 0.05; b p < 0.01; c p < 0.001; dSecondary/Tertiary