Table 3.
Prevalence of modern contraceptive use by participants’ background characteristics
| Variable | Contraceptive use No. (%) |
Contraceptive Non-use No. (%) |
95% Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| 15 to 17 | 10 (8.6) | 106 (91.4) | 4.7 to 15.3 |
| 18 to 19 | 63 (8.7) | 660 (91.3) | 6.9 to 11.0 |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 38 (8.6) | 402 (91.4) | 6.3 to 11.7 |
| Anglican | 15 (7.8) | 178 (92.2) | 4.7 to 12.5 |
| Adventist | 6 (9.1) | 60 (90.9) | 4.1 to 18.9 |
| Other (Pentecostal, Lutheran, EFC, AIC) | 13 (8.0) | 108 (90.0) | 6.0 to 16.2 |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Acholi | 65 (9.9) | 594 (90.1) | 7.8 to 12.4 |
| Dinka | 1 (5.6) | 17 (94.4) | 0.7 to 32.0 |
| Nuer | 1 (5.3) | 18 (94.7) | 0.7 to 30.6 |
| Lotuho | 3 (6.5) | 43 (93.5) | 2.1 to 18.6 |
| Other (Bari, Shulluk, Luo) | 3 (3.1) | 94 (96.9) | 1.0 to 9.2 |
| Education | |||
| None | 4 (4.9) | 77 (95.1) | 1.9 to 12.5 |
| Primary | 53 (8.9) | 542 (91.1) | 6.9 to 11.5 |
| Secondary | 15 (10.1) | 133 (89.9) | 6.2 to 16.2 |
| Tertiary | 1 (6.7) | 14 (93.3) | 0.9 to 36.9 |
| Occupation | |||
| Self-employed/Employed | 3 (9.1) | 30 (90.9) | 2.9 to 25.1 |
| Unemployed | 29 (8.7) | 306 (91.3) | 6.1 to 12.2 |
| Peasant farmer | 23 (7.5) | 282 (92.5) | 5.1 to 11.1 |
| Student | 18 (10.8) | 148 (89.2) | 6.1 to 16.6 |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 19 (8.2) | 214 (91.8) | 5.3 to 12.4 |
| Cohabiting | 42 (11.0) | 339 (88.0) | 8.2 to 14.6 |
| Married | 6 (3.7) | 157 (96.3) | 1.7 to 8.0 |
| Separated/Divorced/Widowed | 6 (9.7) | 56 (90.3) | 4.4 to 20.0 |
| Age at first sex | |||
| 12 to 15 | 13 (7.7) | 156 (92.3) | 4.5 to 12.8 |
| 16 to 17 | 52 (9.7) | 485 (90.3) | 7.4 to 12.5 |
| 18 to 19 | 8 (6.0) | 125 (94.0) | 3.0 to 11.6 |
| Number of children alive | |||
| 0 | 1 (3.2) | 30 (96.8) | 0.4 to 20.2 |
| 1 | 33 (12.0) | 242 (88.0) | 8.6 to 16.4 |
| 2 | 17 (7.2) | 219 (92.8) | 4.5 to 11.3 |
| 3–4 | 1 (2.0) | 48 (98.0) | 0.2 to 13.4 |
| Partner’s Education | |||
| None | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 1.0 to 41.2 |
| Primary | 17 (8.9) | 173 (91.1) | 5.6 to 13.9 |
| Secondary | 45 (10.6) | 378 (89.4) | 8.0 to 14.0 |
| Tertiary | 1 (5.0) | 19 (95.0) | 0.6 to 29.4 |
| Partner’s Occupation | |||
| Self-employed/Employed | 22 (11.4) | 171 (88.6) | 7.6 to 16.7 |
| Unemployed | 24 (9.0) | 243 (91.0) | 6.1 to 13.1 |
| Peasant farmer | 7 (5.4) | 122 (94.6) | 2.6 to 11.0 |
| Student | 11 (19.3) | 46 (80.7) | 11.0 to 31.7 |