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. 2017 Jun;51(2):88–93.

Table 1.

Distribution of health care factors associated with teen mothers and contraceptive use status

Variables Contraceptive Usage status among
Teen mothers
Non-users Users
N = 7082(100 %) N = 5829(100 %) chi-square
ANC frequency
< 4 times 608 (8.6) 647 (11.1) 23.03**
>=4 times 6,474 (91.4) 5,182 (88.9)
Availability of health care facilities
Problem 2,830 (40.0) 2,391 (41.0) 1.49
Not a problem 4,252 (60.0) 3,438 (59.0)
Availability of female providers
Problem 5,533 (78.3) 4,669 (80.1) 7.4*
Not a problem 1,549 (21.9) 1,160 (19.9)
Access to drugs
Problem 3,793 (53.6) 3,183 (54.6) 1.41
Not a problem 3,289 (46.4) 2,646 (45.4)
Knowledge about pregnancy complications
No 3,095 (43.7) 2,103 (36.1) 77.3**
Yes 3,987 (56.3) 3,726 (63.9)
Education attainment
No education 1,390 (19.6) 2,000 (12.6)
Incomplete primary 4,387 (62.0) 8,769 (55.0) 663**
Complete primary 1,171 (16.5) 3,810 (23.9)
Complete
secondary or higher
134 (1.9) 1,359 (8.5)
Exposure to media
Neither radio nor
television
3,412 (48.2) 2,264 (38.8) 114.8**
Either radio or
television
3,200 (45.2) 3,072 (52.7)
Radio and
television
470 (6.6) 493 (8.5)

Hint: ** p < 0.001; * p <0.05