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. 2018 Jun 20;3:11. doi: 10.1186/s40834-018-0062-0

Table 4.

Likelihood estimates of unmet need for limiting among married women aged 15–49 years in Burundi, 2010 (logistic regression analysis), n = 3016

Variables OR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p-value
Woman’s age
 15–24 0.037 (0.020–0.069) 0.000 0.230 (0.097–0.547) 0.001
 25–34 0.215 (0.169–0.273) 0.000 0.551 (0.398–0.762) 0.000
 35+ (reference) 1
Number of unions
 Once 0.542 (0.389–0.754) 0.000 0.830 (0.555–1.241) 0.364
 More than once (reference) 1 1
Ideal number of children
 0–3 0.953 (0.689–1.317) 0.769 1.793 (1.218–2.639) 0.003
 4–5 0.726 (0.529–0.997) 0.048 1.283 (0.888–1.853) 0.185
 6+ (reference) 1 1
Number of living children
 0–1 0.012 (0.005–0.034) 0.000 0.017 (0.002–0.132) 0.000
 2–3 0.085 (0.062–0.118) 0.000 0.172 (0.112–0.266) 0.000
 4–5 0.361 (0.281–0.464) 0.000 0.521 (0.385–0.705) 0.000
 6+ (reference) 1 1
Woman’s education
 No education 6.757 (4.525–10.091) 0.000 1.696 (0.906–3.172) 0.098
 Primary 2.612 (1.723–3.960) 0.000 1.035 (0.566–1.894) 0.910
 Secondary+ (reference) 1 1
Religion
 Catholic 1.202 (0.858–1.683) 0.284 0.996 (0.648–1.530) 0.985
 Protestant 0.969 (0.671–1.401) 0.868 0.827 (0.520–1.314) 0.421
 Muslim, others (reference) 1 1
Husband/partner’s education
 No education 3.926 (2.173–7.094) 0.000 0.599 (0.172–2.085) 0.420
 Primary 1.744 (0.964–3.157) 0.066 0.544 (0.157–1.889) 0.338
 Secondary+ 0.854 (0.442–1.648) 0.638 0.508 (0.138–1.869) 0.308
 Don’t know (reference) 1 1
Husband’s desire for children
 Both same 0.333 (0.254–0.437) 0.000 0.481 (0.352–0.659) 0.000
 Husband wants more 0.780 (0.546–1.113) 0.170 0.845 (0.559–1.276) 0.423
 Husband wants fewer 0.379 (0.268–0.537) 0.000 0.452 (0.305–0.671) 0.000
 Don’t know (reference) 1 1
Daughters dead
 0 0.355 (0.281–0.448) 0.000 0.729 (0.548–0.970) 0.030
 1+ (reference) 1 1
Sons dead
 0 0.321 (0.255–0.403) 0.000 0.748 (0.566–0.989) 0.042
 1+ 1 1
Wealth index
 Poor 2.387 (1.906–2.990) 0.000 1.382 (1.013–1.884) 0.041
 Middle 1.420 (1.063–1.896) 0.018 0.725 (0.502–1.048) 0.087
 Rich (reference) 1 1
Place of residence
 Urban 0.345 (0.264–0.452) 0.000 0.865 (0.550–1.361) 0.531
 Rural (reference) 1
Region
 South 4.146 (2.653–6.482) 0.000 1.127 (0.596–2.132) 0.713
 North 2.536 (1.649–3.902) 0.000 0.776 (0.408–1.477) 0.440
 Centre-East 4.293 (2.815–6.546) 0.000 1.192 (0.631–2.251) 0.589
 West 5.825 (3.711–9.142) 0.000 1.459 (0.756–2.816) 0.260
 Bujumbura (reference) 1 1
Visited by a FP worker
 No 1.029 (0.670–1.580) 0.895 1.185 (0.704–1.995) 0.523
 Yes (reference) 1 1
Visited a health facility
 No 1.742 (1.359–2.233) 0.000 1.586 (1.166–2.156) 0.003
 Yes (reference) 1 1
Heard FP messages on radio
 No 1.340 (1.096–1.639) 0.004 0.993 (0.772–1.277) 0.957
 Yes (reference) 1
Heard FP messages on TV
 No 5.032 (2.937–8.622) 0.000 1.787 (0.883–3.616) 0.106
 Yes (reference) 1 1