Table 3.
Bivariate and Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the use of modern contraceptives during the extended postpartum period, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2015.
| Variables | Current Use of FP | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | |
| Yes | No | |||
| Menstrual status | ||||
| ○ Menses Started | 114(69.9) | 49(30.1) | 5.571(3.61, 8.60)** | 3.84(2.33,6.35)** |
| ○ Amenorrhic | 71(29.9) | 170(70.5) | 1 | |
| Weeks of post partum | ||||
| ○ 6–12 | 66(33.7) | 130(66.3) | 1 | |
| ○ 13–24 | 28(41.2) | 40(58.8) | 1.379(.78,2.43) | .88(.45,1.74) |
| ○ 25–36 | 56(65.1) | 30(34.9) | 3.677(2.16,6.28)** | 2.42(1.25,4.68)** |
| ○ 37–51 | 35(64.8) | 19(35.2) | 3.63(1.93,6.83)** | 2.48(1.11,5.55)** |
| Knowledge on FP | ||||
| ○ yes | 173(50.7) | 168(49.3) | 4.38(2.25,8.50)** | 5.01 (2.23, 11.24)** |
| ○ no | 12(19) | 51(81) | 1 | |
| Discussion with husband | ||||
| ○ yes | 153(49.5) | 156(50.5) | 1.93(1.19,3.12)** | 1.720(.94,3.14) |
| ○ no | 32(33.7) | 63(66.3) | 1 | |
| Husband approval | ||||
| ○ approve | 156(54.9) | 128(45.1) | 3.82(2.37,6.17)** | 2.104(1.16,3.82)** |
| ○ disapprove | 29(24.2) | 91(75.8) | 1 | |
| Sexual activity | ||||
| ○ resumption of sex | 155(59.2) | 107(40.8) | 5.36(3.34,8.59)** | 3.17(1.80,5.58)** |
| ○ abstinence | 30(21.3) | 111(78.7) | 1 | |
| Previous use of FP | ||||
| ○ yes | 143(54.4) | 120(45.6) | 2.81(1.82,4.34)** | 1.61(.94,2.76) |
| ○ no | 48(29.8) | 99(70.2) | 1 | |