Table 5.

Mali 2012: Variables showing evidence of association with LAPM and STM

	All women N = 1485 OR (95% CI)†			Married women N = 1093 OR (95% CI)†
	Percent or mean	LAPM	STM	LAPM	STM
Age	20.0 (mean)	1.1 (1.0, 1.3)	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)	1.3 (1.1, 1.5)*	1.1 (1, 1.3)
Educational attainment
No education	59.6	REF	REF	REF	REF
Primary	11.0	1.7 (0.7, 4.1)	0.7 (0.3, 1.5)	1.1 (0.2, 5.2)	1.2 (0.5, 2.7)
Secondary	29.4	2.5 (1.2, 5.4)*	2.6 (1.4, 4.6)*	3.4 (1.3, 8.9)*	4.2 (2.2, 8.1)*
Home ownership
Does not own	61.5	REF	REF	REF	REF
Owns alone or jointly	38.5	1.0 (0.5, 1.9)	0.5 (0.3, 0.9)*	0.7 (0.4, 1.6)	0.5 (0.3, 0.8)*
Visited health facility in last 12 m
No	71.9	REF	REF	REF	REF
Yes	28.1	2 (0.9, 4.3)	1.9 (1.2, 2.8)*	1.7 (0.7, 4.0)	1.6 (1, 2.7)*
Respondent’s desire for more children
Wants after 2+ years	52.7	3.6 (0.8, 17.2)	2.3 (0.9, 5.9)	–	4.2 (1.2, 14.6)*
Wants, unsure timing	39.3	5.5 (1.1, 27.6)*	1.7 (0.6, 4.6)	–	1.2 (0.3, 5.2)
Wants no more or can’t have more	8.1	REF	REF	REF	REF
Ideal number of children	5.3 (mean)	0.8 (0.7, 1)*	0.8 (0.7, 0.9)*	0.7 (0.6, 0.9)*	0.8 (0.7, 0.9)*
Husband’s desire for more children		N/A
Both wants same	17.6			REF	REF
Husband wants more	35.3			0.2 (0.1, 0.5)*	0.3 (0.2, 0.8)*
Husband wants fewer	3.1			0.4 (0.1, 1.8)	0.5 (0.1, 3)
Don’t know	44.0			0.2 (0.1, 0.6)*	0.5 (0.3, 1.1)
Lifetime sex partners				N/A
1 partner	80.7	REF	REF
2 partners	12.9	1.5 (0.8, 2.7)	1.9 (1.1, 3.4)*
3+ partners	6.5	0.8 (0.3, 1.9)	2.4 (1.2, 4.9)*
Recent sexual activity
Active in the last 4 weeks	61.6	2.3 (1.3, 3.9)*	1.8 (1.2, 2.9)*	2.2 (0.9, 5.7)	1.2 (0.7, 2.2)
Not active in last 4 weeks	38.4	REF	REF	REF	REF

^†Adjusted for the following variables: religion, getting medical help: not wanting to go alone, number of other wives. N/A variable not included in model. *p < 0.05