Table 2.

Factor association for discontinued contraceptive use and switching, by selected sociodemographic characteristics

Background characteristics	Discontinuation	Switching
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age group
15–19 (ref)
20–24	0.96 (0.81–1.13)	0.87 (0.72–1.04)
25–29	0.84** (0.69–1.01)	0.70* (0.57–0.860)
30–34	0.71*** (0.56–0.89)	0.49** (0.38–0.64)
35–39	0.64 (0.47–0.86)	0.37 (0.26–0.530)
40–44	0.56 (0.37–0.85)	0.25 (0.14–0.43)
45–49	2.03 (0.98–4.23)	0.19 (0.06–0.65)
Education
None	1.55** (1.19–2.03)	1.19 (0.88–1.62)
Primary	1.25 (0.98–1.60)	1.10 (0.83–1.45)
Secondary	1.23 (0.98–1.54)	1.12* (0.86–1.45)
Higher (ref)
Number of living children (parity)
None (ref)
1 to 2	0.49** (0.25–0.61)	0.65* (0.40–1.06)
3 to 4	0.47 (0.30–0.76)	0.86 (0.51–1.45)
5 and more	0.35 (0.34–0.98)	1.06 (0.58–1.93)
Fertility preference
Wanted another
child (ref)
Undecided	0.66 (0.57–0.77)	0.75*** (0.63–0.89)
Wants no more	0.59** (0.55–0.86)	1.02 (0.82–1.26)
Sterilized (husband/partner)
History of terminated pregnancy
No (ref)
Yes	0.93 (0.81–1.07)	0.95 (0.80–1.12)
Place of residence
Urban (ref)
Rural	1.65** (1.44–1.89)	1.56*** (1.33–1.82)
Religion
Islam	1.98 (0.42–9.35)	1.06 (0.22–5.04)
Hinduism	1.47 (0.31–7.01)	0.91 (0.19–4.38)
Buddhism	2.87 (0.41–20.03)	0.75 (0.09–6.69)
Christian (ref)
Wealth index
Poorest 20%	0.92* (0.74–1.13)	1.02 (0.80–1.29)
Poorer	0.72 (0.58–0.88)	0.82 (0.65–1.04)
Middle	0.91 (0.75–1.10)	1.01 (0.81–1.26)
Richer	1.04 (0.87–1.25)	1.06 (0.86–1.30)
Richest 20% (ref)

Notes:

^*P<0.10;

^**P<0.05;

^***P<0.01.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; ref, reference.