Table 5.
Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and contraceptive uptake
| Variable | Using any form of contraception | Total | χ2 | p - value | |
| Yes (%) n = 346 |
No (%) n = 157 |
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| Age | 2.9 | 0.564 | |||
| Less than 20 | 48 (67.6) | 23 (32.4) | 71(100.0) | ||
| 20 – 24 | 56 (68.3) | 26 (31.7) | 82(100.0) | ||
| 25 – 29 | 83 (74.1) | 29 (25.9) | 112(100.0) | ||
| 30 – 34 | 71 (70.3) | 30 (29.7) | 101(100.0) | ||
| 35 and above | 88 (64.2) | 49 (35.8) | 137(100.0) | ||
| Marital Status | 9.1 | 0.028 | |||
| Single | 54 (66.7) | 27 (33.3) | 81(100.0) | ||
| Married | 286 (69.6) | 125 (30.4) | 411(100.0) | ||
| Divorced/ Separated | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | 7(100.0) | ||
| Widowed | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | 4(100.0) | ||
| Religion | 6.3 | 0.043 | |||
| Christianity | 253 (70.7) | 105 (29.3) | 358(100.0) | ||
| Islam | 90 (66.2) | 46 (33.8) | 136(100.0) | ||
| Traditional | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 9(100.0) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.6 | 0.572* | |||
| Yoruba | 337 (69.1) | 151 (30.9) | 488(100.0) | ||
| Non Yoruba | 9 (60.0) | 6 (40.0) | 15(100.0) | ||
| Level of Education | 8.3 | 0.041 | |||
| No formal education | 10 (45.5) | 12 (54.5) | 22(100.0) | ||
| Primary | 53 (63.1) | 31 (36.9) | 84(100.0) | ||
| Secondary | 164 (68.6) | 75 (31.4) | 239(100.0) | ||
| Tertiary | 116 (73.4) | 42 (26.6) | 158(100.0) | ||
| Occupation | 2.4 | 0.497 | |||
| Civil Servant | 121 (70.8) | 50 (29.2) | 171(100.0) | ||
| Self employed | 159 (65.7) | 83 (34.4) | 242(100.0) | ||
| Student | 62 (74.1) | 22 (25.9) | 84(100.0) | ||
| Unemployed | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 6(100.0) | ||
*
Fisher exact test