Table 2.
Prevalence of current contraceptive use and background characteristics of women (N = 217)
| Variable | Frequency N(%) |
Current use of modern contraceptives | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes- N(%) | No-N(%) | ||
| Age | |||
| 15–19 | 23 (11) | 0 | 23 (100) |
| 20–29 | 120 (55) | 28 (23) | 92 (77) |
| 30–39 | 69 (32) | 17 (25) | 52 (75) |
| 40–49 | 5 (2) | 1 (20) | 4 (80) |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 63 (29) | 3 (5) | 60 (95) |
| Married | 147 (68) | 43 (29) | 104 (71) |
| Divorced | 4 (2) | 0 | 4 (100) |
| Widowed | 3 (1) | 0 | 3 (100) |
| Education | |||
| Primary | 28 (13) | 5 (18) | 23 (82) |
| JHS | 66 (30) | 17 (26) | 49 (74) |
| SHS | 53 (24) | 11 (21) | 42 (79) |
| Tertiary | 53 (24) | 11 (21) | 42 (79) |
| None | 17 (9) | 1 (6) | 16 (94) |
| Conception | |||
| 1–3 | 147 (68) | 36 (24) | 111 (75) |
| 4–6 | 42 (19) | 8 (19) | 24 (57) |
| 7–9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| None | 28 (13) | 2 (7) | 26 (93) |
| Employment | |||
| Trader | 65 (30) | 15 (23) | 50 (77) |
| Civil servant | 39 (18) | 10 (26) | 29 (74) |
| None | 75 (35) | 8 (11) | 67 (89) |
| Others | 38 (17) | 13 (34) | 25 (66) |
| Income | |||
| 50–300 | 22 (10) | 5 (23) | 17 (77) |
| 301–600 | 24 (11) | 6 (25) | 18 (75) |
| 601–1000 | 14 (7) | 6 (43) | 8 (57) |
| 1001above | 11 (5) | 2 (18) | 9 (82) |
| Can’t tell | 146 (67) | 27 (18) | 119 (82) |
| Religion | |||
| Christianity | 189 (87) | 41 (22) | 148 (78) |
| Islamic | 14 (7) | 4 (29) | 10 (71) |
| ATR | 5 (2) | 0 | 5 (100) |
| Others | 9 (4) | 1(11) | 8 (89) |
| Partner support | |||
| Yes | 71 (33) | 24 (34) | 47 (66) |
| No | 114 (53) | 15 (13) | 99 (87) |
| Not discussed | 32 (14) | 7 (22) | 25 (78) |
Yes- N(%) = number of participants who responded “Yes” to current use of modern contraceptives
No-N(%) = number of participants who responded “No” to current use of modern contraceptives