Table 4.

Proportion of women who ever and currently uses contraceptives by socio-demographic characteristics

Socio demographic Characteristics		Ever contraceptive use		Current contraceptive use
		Number	%	Number	%
Occupation	Farmer	273	62.6	205	47.1
	Business Woman	152	77.2	138	70.4
	Government employee	35	92.1	33	84.6
	Private employed	14	73.7	17	85.0
	House Wife	449	74.1	369	61.0
	Daily laborer	19	76.0	19	76.0
	Other	3	100.0	3	100.0
Age Group	15–19	35	62.5	36	64.3
	20–24	175	73.5	167	70.5
	25–29	312	76.3	256	62.4
	30–34	210	73.2	165	57.7
	35–39	163	69.4	115	48.9
	40–44	42	54.5	38	49.4
	45–49	7	36.8	6	31.6
Religion	Orthodox	295	74.5	251	63.5
	Muslim	205	61.4	154	46.1
	Catholic	2	100.0	2	100.0
	Protestant	422	76.0	364	65.6
	Other	20	55.6	13	36.1
Educational Level	No school /unable to read & write	424	63.8	334	50.4
	No school but read and write	14	63.6	11	50.0
	Primary school [grade1–8]	356	76.6	302	64.8
	Secondary school [grade 9–10]	103	88.0	94	81.0
	Preparatory school [grade 11–12]	20	90.9	13	59.1
	Diploma	23	88.5	23	88.5
	Degree and above	5	71.4	7	87.5