Table 4.

The analyses of factors associated with the knowledge and the current FP methods utilization among respondents in the North-shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2019

Variables associated with knowledge of FP methods (n = 337)		Poor knowledge	Good knowledge	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Sex	Female	58.4	35.6	1.00	1.00
	Male	41.8	64.4	2.54(1.03,2.77)*	3.12(0.76,8.11)
Educational status	No education	24.6	8.7	1.00	1.00
	Primary education	46.7	54.8	3.21(1.45,7.65)	3.31(1.37,7.59)*
	Secondary education	18.9	11.5	1.71(0.63, 4.83)	1.83(0.65,5.12)
	College education	9.8	25.0	6.96(2.63,19.85)	7.23(2.28,22.06)*
Variables associated with the current FP utilization (n = 337)		Not utilized FP methods	Utilized FP methods
Age	18–30	68.5	66.7	1.00	1.00
	31–40	10.8	15.2	1.48(1.02,7.65)*	1.71(0.93,3.91)
	41–50	20.7	18.1	0.91(0.51,1.58)	0.80(0.56,2.13)
Marital status	Single	53.2	33.3	1.00	1.00
	Married	30.5	51.5	2.71(1.45,5.00)*	3.41(1.74,6.68)*
	Divorced/widowed	16.3	15.2	1.9(0.64,3.46)	2.11(0.86,5.71)
Respondent’s knowledge on FP	Poor knowledge	77.0	23.0	1.00	1.00
	Good knowledge	68.3	31.7	1.54(1.11,12.50)*	1.61(1.27,16.24)*

1 = Reference, * p-value < 0.05