Table 3.

Multivariate association between modern contraceptive use and various background characteristics, EDHS 2016, Ethiopia (weighted)

Characteristics	Model I		Model II		Model III		Model IV
Age respondents	aOR	%CI	aOR	%CI	aOR	%CI	aOR	%CI
45⁺	1.9	1.3–3.0	1.7	1.2–2.9	1.6	1.1–2.8	1.5	1.0–2.6
35–44	3.2	2.3–4.3	3.1	2.2–4.2	3.0	2.2–4.1	2.8	2.0–3.8
25–34	2.3	1.9–2.7	2.2	1.8–2.7	2.1	1.7–2.6	2.0	1.5–2.5
15–24	0^b		0^b		0^b		0^b
Residence
Urban	2.0	1.6–2.5	1.9	1.5–2.4	1.8	1.4–2.3	1.6	1.3–2.2
Rural	0^b		0^b
Marital status
Ever married but not together	1.2	0.8–1.9	1.1	0.7–1.7	1.0	0.7–1.8	0.9	0.6–1.4
Married and living with partner	0.1	0.06–0.1	0.1	0.05–0.09	0.04	0.03–0.08	0.03	0.01–0.06
Never union	0b		0b		0^b		0^b
Education level
Higher	2.1	1.5–3.1	1.8	1.4–3.0	1.6	1.3–2.8	1.4	1.2–2.5
Secondary	1.5	1.1–2.2	1.4	1.1–2.1	1.3	1.0–2.0	1.2	0.8–1.9
Primary	1.3	0.9–1.8	0.9	0.8–1.7	0.8	0.7–1.6	0.6	0.6–1.4
No education	0^b		0^b		0^b		0^b
Partners working status
Yes	2.0	1.6–2.5	1.8	1.5–2.4	1.7	1.4–2.3	1.6	1.3–2.2
No	0b
Total children ever born
3 and above			0.3	0.1–0.6	0.4	0.2–0.7	0.5	0.3–0.8
1–2 children			0.9	0.6–1.5	1.1	0.7–1.7	1.2	0.8–1.8
No child			0^b		0^b		0^b
Wealth index
Rich					1.2	0.8–1.6	1.3	0.9–1.7
Medium					0.6	0.4–1.1	0.8	0.5–1.2
Poor					–		–
Discussed FP with health worker
Yes							0.7	0.6–0.8
No							0^b
Access to media
Frequency of reading newspaper /magazine
At least once a week							1.4	1.1–1.7
Less than once a week							1.5	1.2–1.8
Not at all							0^b
Frequency of listening Radio
At least once a week							1.5	1.2–1.9
Less than once a week							1.3	0.9–1.6
Not at all							0^b
Frequency of watching TV
At least once a week							1.9	1.5–2.4
Less than once a week							1.5	1.1–1.9
Not at all							0^b

*aOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, 0^b reference category, TV television