Table 1.
Percentage distribution of all eligible women, and percentage distribution of study participants, by contraceptive use, Karonga Prevention Study, Malawi, 2012
| Characteristic | All eligible women | Participants |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Contraceptive users | Contraceptive nonusers† | ||
| Marital status*** | (N=7,362) | (N=4,593) | (N=1,981) | (N=2,612) |
| Currently married | 66.9 | 73.3 | 86.1 | 63.6 |
| Separated/widowed/divorced | 13.5 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 14.9 |
| Never married | 19.6 | 13.5 | 2.8 | 21.6 |
| Proximity to road** | (N=7,388) | (N=4,602) | (N=1,984) | (N=2,618) |
| <1km | 47.9 | 44.3 | 46.7 | 42.5 |
| >1km | 52.1 | 55.7 | 53.3 | 57.5 |
| Proximity to family planning provider*** | (N=7,388) | (N=4,595) | (N=1,987) | (N=2,608) |
| <0.5km | 39.1 | 39.5 | 42.6 | 37.2 |
| 0.5–1.5km | 54.7 | 54.0 | 52.0 | 55.6 |
| >1.5km | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| Education** | (N=7,379) | (N=4,598) | (N=1,983) | (N=2,615) |
| Incomplete primary | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 8.6 |
| Complete primary | 57.0 | 61.4 | 63.3 | 60.0 |
| ≥secondary | 35.6 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 31.4 |
| HIV status | (N=6,396) | (N=4075) | (N=1,837) | (N=2,238) |
| Positive | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
| Negative | 91.1 | 91.0 | 91.6 | 90.6 |
| Parity*** | (N=5,416) | (N=3,747) | (N=1903) | (N=1,844) |
| 0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1–4 | 61.5 | 58.8 | 61.6 | 55.9 |
| ≥5 | 35.2 | 38.5 | 35.5 | 41.6 |
| Fertility intention*** | (N=5,013) | (N=3,361) | (N=1,525) | (N=1,836) |
| No more children | 42.1 | 45.7 | 53.5 | 39.3 |
| Wait ≥2 years | 37.8 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 36.1 |
| Want within two years | 12.7 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 16.3 |
| Unsure | 7.4 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 8.3 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
**
Difference between contraceptive users and nonusers significant at p<.01.
***
Difference between contraceptive users and nonusers significant at p<.001.
†
Includes users of condoms (male and female) and traditional methods.