Table 3.
Determinants of unmet need for family planning
| Regression results (n = 4527) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable and measurement | Model I [Logistic] | Model II [Multinomial] | ||||||||
| Women with unmet need-total (n = 1592) | Women with unmet need for spacing (n = 914) | Women with unmet need for limiting (n = 678) | ||||||||
| OR | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | RRR | 95% CI | |||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15–19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20–24 | 0.448*** | 0.296 | 0.680 | 0.481*** | 0.314 | 0.736 | 0.634 | 0.140 | 2.875 | |
| 25–29 | 0.332*** | 0.218 | 0.506 | 0.376*** | 0.242 | 0.586 | 0.882 | 0.207 | 3.757 | |
| 30–34 | 0.255*** | 0.163 | 0.399 | 0.251*** | 0.155 | 0.406 | 1.557 | 0.373 | 6.491 | |
| 35–39 | 0.284*** | 0.177 | 0.456 | 0.231*** | 0.137 | 0.390 | 2.23 | 0.527 | 9.430 | |
| 40–44 | 0.279*** | 0.171 | 0.456 | 0.132*** | 0.075 | 0.233 | 2.88 | 0.683 | 12.150 | |
| 45–49 | 0.308*** | 0.180 | 0.530 | 0.065*** | 0.031 | 0.140 | 3.98 | 0.930 | 17.030 | |
| Religion | ||||||||||
| none or trad. Religion | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Catholic | 0.924 | 0.692 | 1.234 | 0.891 | 0.652 | 1.219 | 0.89 | 0.545 | 1.453 | |
| Non-Pentecostal protestant | 0.952 | 0.716 | 1.266 | 0.787 | 0.569 | 1.088 | 1.159 | 0.726 | 1.849 | |
| Pentecostal protestant | 1.076 | 0.829 | 1.396 | 0.974 | 0.732 | 1.294 | 1.172 | 0.748 | 1.838 | |
| Islam | 0.968 | 0.729 | 1.283 | 0.967 | 0.720 | 1.299 | 0.768 | 0.457 | 1.290 | |
| Number of unions | ||||||||||
| One | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| More than one | 1.212* | 1.033 | 1.423 | 1.214 | 0.992 | 1.486 | 1.204 | 0.960 | 1.510 | |
| Residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Rural | 0.831 | 0.687 | 1.007 | 0.784* | 0.630 | 0.977 | 0.892 | 0.661 | 1.203 | |
| Education | ||||||||||
| no education | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| primary | 1.034 | 0.856 | 1.249 | 0.942 | 0.758 | 1.172 | 1.143 | 0.845 | 1.546 | |
| secondary + | 1.099 | 0.910 | 1.327 | 0.888 | 0.710 | 1.112 | 1.531** | 1.138 | 2.060 | |
| SES | ||||||||||
| Poorest | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | 1.284* | 1.057 | 1.561 | 1.191 | 0.955 | 1.485 | 1.627** | 1.195 | 2.216 | |
| 3 | 1.242 | 0.974 | 1.583 | 0.991 | 0.756 | 1.300 | 2.012*** | 1.367 | 2.961 | |
| 4 | 1.042 | 0.786 | 1.383 | 0.804 | 0.574 | 1.126 | 1.856** | 1.186 | 2.904 | |
| Least poor | 1.077 | 0.777 | 1.493 | 0.848 | 0.572 | 1.258 | 1.809* | 1.096 | 2.986 | |
| Occupation | ||||||||||
| Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Employed | 0.789** | 0.666 | 0.934 | 0.707*** | 0.592 | 0.845 | 0.964 | 0.703 | 1.320 | |
| Heard FP messages on radio | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 0.933 | 0.797 | 1.093 | 0.949 | 0.793 | 1.136 | 0.918 | 0.717 | 1.176 | |
| Heard FP messages on TV | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 0.974 | 0.814 | 1.164 | 1.00 | 0.812 | 1.232 | 0.912 | 0.702 | 1.185 | |
| Read FP messages in newspaper | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 0.974 | 0.722 | 1.313 | 0.788 | 0.528 | 1.177 | 1.393 | 0.920 | 2.107 | |
| You visited health facility in the past 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 0.883 | 0.767 | 1.017 | 0.872 | 0.737 | 1.032 | 0.93 | 0.752 | 1.150 | |
| FP worker visited you in the past 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 1.101 | 0.915 | 1.326 | 1.205 | 0.971 | 1.494 | 1.017 | 0.769 | 1.343 | |
| Knows modern FP methods | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Yes | 1.158 | 0.556 | 2.415 | 1.428 | 0.664 | 3.070 | 0.861 | 0.259 | 2.865 | |
| Couple’s desire for children | ||||||||||
| Both want the same | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Husband wants more children | 1.081 | 0.923 | 1.267 | 1.093 | 0.905 | 1.320 | 1.094 | 0.850 | 1.408 | |
| Husband wants fewer children | 1.214 | 0.948 | 1.555 | 1.289 | 0.975 | 1.704 | 1.176 | 0.813 | 1.702 | |
| Does not know | 1.376*** | 1.141 | 1.660 | 1.5*** | 1.225 | 1.837 | 1.134 | 0.823 | 1.561 | |
| Membership to any health insurance scheme | ||||||||||
| Not member | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Member | 1.006 | 0.871 | 1.161 | 1.002 | 0.845 | 1.188 | 1.005 | 0.802 | 1.258 | |
| Age at first marriage | 1.008 | 0.990 | 1.025 | 1.023* | 1.001 | 1.045 | 0.98 | 0.956 | 1.004 | |
| Number of living biological children | 1.36*** | 1.286 | 1.438 | 1.111** | 1.038 | 1.189 | 1.775*** | 1.636 | 1.927 | |
| Ideal number of children | 0.863*** | 0.810 | 0.920 | 0.957 | 0.888 | 1.032 | 0.722*** | 0.656 | 0.795 | |
*** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05