Table 3.
Association between selected variables and current FP use (n = 160).
| Variables | Current use of contraception |
p-Value | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||
| Husband involvement in FP-related decision-making | ||||
| Yes | 36 (31.0) | 80 (69.0) | 0.001 | 4.6 (1.5–14.0) |
| No | 3 (6.8) | 41 (93.2) | ||
| Educational status of husband | ||||
| Madarasa only | 7 (24.1) | 22 (75.9) | 0.35 | |
| Modern education only | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | ||
| Both madarasa and modern education | 6(15.4) | 33 (84.6) | ||
| Illiterate | 16 (32.0) | 34 (68.0) | ||
| Plan for children in future | ||||
| Yes | 9 (10.8) | 74 (89.2) | <0.001 | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
| No | 30 (39.0) | 47 (61.0) | ||
| Difficulty in using the word “Family planning” | ||||
| No | 34 (27.0) | 92 (73.0) | 0.14 | 2.1 (0.8-6.0) |
| Yes | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | ||
| Enough human resource to provide FP services | ||||
| No | 9 (42.9) | 12 (57.1) | 0.03 | 2.7 (1.1–7.1) |
| Yes | 30 (21.6) | 109 (78.4) | ||
| Accessibility to services by Muslim community | ||||
| No | 21 (18.1) | 95 (81.9) | 0.003 | 0.3 (0.1–0.7) |
| Yes | 18 (40.9) | 26 (59.1) | ||
| Educational level of the respondents | ||||
| Illiterate | 24 (25.3) | 71 (74.7) | 0.82 | |
| Madarasa education only | 12 (23.5) | 39 (76.5) | ||
| Modern education only | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | ||
| Both madarasa and modern education | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | ||
| Number of children | ||||
| Less than or equal to 3 | 13 (18.8) | 56 (81.2) | 0.16 | 0.6 (0.3–1.2) |
| More than 3 | 26 (28.6) | 65 (71.4) | ||
| Occupation of the husband | ||||
| Agriculture | 13 (29.5) | 31 (70.5) | 0.39 | |
| Labor | 24 (24.0) | 76 (76.0) | ||
| Business | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | ||
| Occupation of the respondents | ||||
| Agriculture | 32 (23.0) | 107 (77.0) | 0.31 | 0.6 (0.2–1.6) |
| Others (labor + business) | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | ||
| Experienced adverse effects due to use of FP methods | ||||
| No | 26 (21.3) | 96 (78.7) | 0.11 | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) |
| Yes | 13 (34.2) | 25 (65.8) | ||
| Received FP information from at least one source | ||||
| No | 6 (5.0) | 114 (95.0) | <0.001 | 0.01 (0.004–0.04) |
| Yes | 33 (82.5) | 7 (17.5) | ||
Figures in parenthesis indicate percentages.
Figures in bold indicate significant at 95% CI.
OR, odds ratio (calculated for only two categories); CI, confidence interval.