Table 2.
Percentage of young women aged 15–24 using modern contraception according to background characteristics, Nepal DHS 2016
| Modern contraceptive use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | Percent | 95% CI | Number |
p-value (χ2) |
| Age | ||||
| 15–19 | 14.5 | [11.5–18.1] | 704 | 0.000 |
| 20–24 | 23.9 | [21.3–26.8] | 1684 | |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 15.9 | [12.1–20.6] | 396 | 0.085 |
| Primary | 20.4 | [16.4–25.0] | 486 | |
| Secondary | 23.0 | [19.6–26.7] | 914 | |
| SLC & above | 22.4 | [18.5–26.7] | 593 | |
| Working status | ||||
| Not working | 17.8 | [14.8–21.2] | 1041 | 0.006 |
| Working | 23.7 | [21.0–26.7] | 1347 | |
| Caste/ethnicity | ||||
| Brahman/Chhetri | 22.4 | [18.8–26.5] | 608 | 0.000 |
| Terai caste | 13.5 | [9.6–18.7] | 463 | |
| Dalit | 17.4 | [12.9–23.0] | 366 | |
| Janajati | 28.6 | [24.7–33.0] | 795 | |
| Muslim | 9.3 | [5.4–15.6] | 157 | |
| Wealth quintile | ||||
| Poorest | 22.5 | [18.8–26.7] | 440 | 0.422 |
| Poorer | 22.8 | [18.4–27.9] | 526 | |
| Middle | 18.7 | [15.1–22.9] | 589 | |
| Richer | 19.6 | [15.6–24.4] | 548 | |
| Richest | 23.9 | [18.2–30.8] | 286 | |
| Number of living children | ||||
| 0 | 8.5 | [6.3–11.4] | 754 | 0.000 |
| 1–2 | 26.0 | [23.2–29.0] | 1532 | |
| 3+ | 42.0 | [30.4–54.6] | 103 | |
| Fertility preference | ||||
| Wants no more children | 33.6 | [29.7–37.6] | 745 | 0.000 |
| Wants more children | 15.1 | [12.9–17.8] | 1540 | |
| Undecided | 20.9 | [13.4–31.0] | 103 | |
| Women’s participation in decision-making | ||||
| Not participated | 16.2 | [13.9–18.8] | 1226 | 0.000 |
| Participated one or more decisions | 26.4 | [23.2–29.7] | 1162 | |
| Exposure to media (at least once a week) | ||||
| Not exposed | 17.7 | [14.8–21.0] | 946 | 0.005 |
| Exposed | 23.4 | [20.7–26.4] | 1443 | |
| Total | 21.1 | [18.9–23.5] | 2389 | |