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Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

	Univariate			Bivariate
	Overall sample (n = 4527)			Women with unmet need - total (n = 1592) = 35.17%				Women with unmet need for spacing (n = 914) = 20.19%				Women with unmet need for limiting (n = 678) = 14.98%
Variable	Measurement	n	%	n	%	Chi2	p-value	n	%	Chi2	p-value	n	%	Chi2	p-value
Age
	15–19	118	3	56	47	77	0.00	54	47	96	0.00	2	3	451	0.00
	20–24	632	14	201	32			189	30			12	3
	25–29	1038	23	306	29			265	27			41	5
	30–34	967	21	295	31			180	21			115	15
	35–39	891	20	337	38			153	22			184	25
	40–44	592	13	260	44			59	15			201	38
	45–49	289	6	137	47			14	8			123	45
Religion
	None or traditional religion	314	7	118	38	7	0.14	66	25	5	0.25	52	21	31	0.00
	Catholic	651	14	212	33			131	23			81	16
	Non-Pentecostal protestant	987	22	352	36			169	21			183	22
	Pentecostal protestant	1614	36	594	37			328	24			266	21
	Islam	961	21	316	33			220	25			96	13
Number of unions
	One	3557	79	1191	33	21	0.00	743	24	0	0.65	448	16	68	0.00
	More than one	970	21	401	41	21	0.00	171	23	0	0.65	230	29	68	0.00
Residence
	Urban	1995	44	686	34	1	0.33	398	23	0	0.58	288	18	1	0.32
	Rural	2532	56	906	36	1	0.33	516	24	0	0.58	390	19	1	0.32
Education
	no education	1528	34	544	36	4	0.15	318	24	3	0.19	226	19	2	0.45
	primary	868	19	326	38		0.15	187	26		0.19	139	20		0.45
	secondary +	2131	47	722	34			409	22			313	18
SES
	Poorest	1339	30	450	34	23	0.00	284	24	12	0.02	166	16	23	0.00
	2	878	19	355	40			195	27			160	23
	3	823	18	314	38			170	25			144	22
	4	768	17	250	33			139	21			111	18
	Least poor	719	16	223	31			126	20			97	16
Occupation
	Unemployed	779	17	301	39	5	0.03	225	32	32	0.00	76	14	11	0.00
	Employed	3748	83	1291	34	5	0.03	689	22	32	0.00	602	20	11	0.00
Heard FP messages on radio
	No	1951	43	706	36	2	0.21	418	25	3	0.08	288	19	0	0.98
	Yes	2576	57	886	34	2	0.21	496	23	3	0.08	390	19	0	0.98
Heard FP messages on TV
	No	2550	56	933	37	5	0.02	538	25	4	0.05	395	20	2	0.13
	Yes	1977	44	659	33	5	0.02	376	22	4	0.05	283	18	2	0.13
Read FP messages in newspaper
	No	4314	95	1529	35	3	0.08	880	24	3	0.09	649	19	1	0.37
	Yes	213	5	63	30	3	0.08	34	18	3	0.09	29	16	1	0.37
You visited health facility in the past 12 months
	No	1617	36	605	37	6	0.02	326	24	0	0.51	279	22	11	0.00
	Yes	2910	64	987	34	6	0.02	588	23	0	0.51	399	17	11	0.00
FP worker visited you in the past 12 months
	No	3879	86	1354	35	1	0.37	766	23	3	0.10	588	19	0	0.64
	Yes	648	14	238	37	1	0.37	148	27	3	0.10	90	18	0	0.64
Knows modern FP methods
	No	50	1	14	28	1	0.29	10	22	0	0.75	4	10	2	0.15
	Yes	4477	99	1578	35	1	0.29	904	24	0	0.75	674	19	2	0.15
Couple’s desire for children
	Both want the same	2101	46	678	32	20	0.00	385	21	21	0.00	293	17	6	0.09
	Husband wants more children	1178	26	419	36			231	23			188	20
	Husband wants fewer children	402	9	150	37			84	25			66	21
	Does not know	846	19	345	41			214	30			131	21
Membership to any health insurance scheme
	Not member	1350	30	505	37	4	0.04	266	24	0	0.86	239	22	11	0.00
	Member	3177	70	1087	34			648	24			439	17
Continuous variables
Overall sample (n = 4527)				Total unmet need (n = 1592)				Unmet need for spacing (n = 1154)				Unmet need for limiting (n = 696)
		mean	Sd	mean	sd	t-statistic	p-value	mean	sd	t-statistic	p-value	mean	sd	t-statistic	p-value
Age at first marriage	Yes	19.72	5	19.34	4.34	4.07	0.00	19.46	4	3	0.01	19.17	4	4	0.00
Age at first marriage	No	19.72	5	19.2	4.7	4.07	0.00	19.92	5	3	0.01	19.92	5	4	0.00
Number of living biological children	Yes	3.13	2	3.63	2.04	−12.78	0.00	2.66	2	3	0.00	4.94	2	−26.08	0.00
Number of living biological children	No	3.13	2	2.86	1.90	−12.78	0.00	2.86	2	3	0.00	2.86	2	−26.08	0.00
Ideal number of children	Yes	4.44	1	4.43	1.25	0.62	0.54	4.41	1	1	0.37	4.45	1.31	−0.01	0.99
Ideal number of children	No	4.44	1	4.45	1.26	0.62	0.54	4.45	1	1	0.37	4.45	1.26	−0.01	0.99