Table 4.

Use of a modern contraceptive method by study covariates

Independent variables	Abortion
	No		Yes		Total		p-value
	n=440	%	n=736	%	N=1,176	%
Abortion							<0.001
0	417	94.77	643	87.36	1,060	90.14
1+	23	5.23	93	12.64	116	9.87
Age (years)							<0.001
15–19	178	40.45	146	19.84	324	27.55
20–24	96	21.82	213	28.94	309	26.28
25–34	110	25.00	242	32.88	352	29.93
35+	56	12.73	135	18.34	191	16.24
Marital status							<0.001
Single	328	74.55	455	61.82	783	66.58
Married/cohabitating	93	21.14	249	33.83	342	29.08
Divorced/widowed	19	4.32	32	4.35	51	4.34
Access							<0.001
No	217	49.32	138	18.75	355	30.19
Yes	223	50.68	598	81.25	821	69.81
Contraceptive self-efficacy							0.210
1 (lowest self-efficacy)	134	30.45	192	26.09	326	27.72
2	240	54.55	415	56.39	655	55.70
3 (highest self-efficacy)	66	15.00	129	17.53	195	16.58
Knowledge of contraceptives							<0.001
1 (least knowledgeable)	47	10.68	53	7.20	100	8.50
2	229	52.05	304	41.30	533	45.32
3 (most knowledgeable)	164	37.27	379	51.49	543	46.17
Education							<0.001
No education/primary school	216	49.09	275	37.36	491	41.75
Secondary school	171	38.86	332	45.11	503	42.77
University or higher	53	12.05	129	17.53	182	15.48
Wealth quintiles							0.010
1 (poorest)	98	22.27	128	17.39	226	19.22
2	101	22.95	132	17.93	233	19.81
3	85	19.32	153	20.79	238	20.24
4	83	18.86	154	20.92	237	20.15
5 (richest)	73	16.59	169	22.96	242	20.58
Community perceptions of FP use							<0.001
1 (least acceptable)	83	18.86	77	10.46	160	13.61
2	310	70.45	526	71.47	836	71.09
3 (most acceptable)	47	10.68	133	18.07	180	15.31
Number of living children							0.001
0	5	1.14	1	0.14	6	0.51
1–2	128	29.09	281	38.18	409	34.78
3+	307	69.77	454	61.68	761	64.71

Abbreviation: FP, family planning.