Table 1.
Descriptive summary of postpartum spacing contraceptive use, spousal abuse during pregnancy and covariates among primiparous mothers of children aged 0–3 years in India, 2015–16.
| Postpartum spacing contraceptive use |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | None | Male-controlled1 | Female-controlled2 | |||||
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total3 | 2856 | 100 | 1408 | 48·9 (45·7–52·1) | 947 | 33·5 (30·1–37·1) | 501 | 17·6 (15·4–19·9) |
| Spousal abuse during pregnancy | ||||||||
| None | 2808 | 97·6 (96·5–98·4) | 1384 | 97·4 (95·9–98·4) | 938 | 99·3 (98·4–99·7) | 486 | 95·1 (89·6–97·8) |
| Any | 48 | 2·4 (1·6–3·5) | 24 | 2·6 (1·6–4·2) | 9 | 0·7 (0·3–1·6) | 15 | 4·9 (2·2–10·4) |
| Index birth | ||||||||
| Mother received family planning advice from health worker in last 3 months of pregnancy | ||||||||
| None | 1316 | 46·7 (43·5–49·8) | 697 | 49·9 (45·6–54·1) | 420 | 48·5 (42·0–55·1) | 199 | 34·1 (27·8–40·9) |
| Health worker meeting without family planning advice | 429 | 14·5 (12·7–16·5) | 220 | 15·7 (13·0–18·8) | 148 | 13·2 (10·4–16·6) | 61 | 14·0 (9·4–20·3) |
| Health worker meeting with family planning advice | 1111 | 38·8 (36·1–41·7) | 491 | 34·5 (30·8–38·3) | 379 | 38·3 (32·6–44·4) | 241 | 52·0 (45·3–58·5) |
| Father received family planning advice from health worker during wife's pregnancy | ||||||||
| No | 1028 | 34·2 (31·0–37·5) | 552 | 36·8 (33·0–40·8) | 330 | 35·9 (29·3–43·0) | 146 | 23·6 (18·0–30·3) |
| Yes | 1828 | 65·8 (62·5–69·0) | 856 | 63·2 (59·2–67·0) | 617 | 64·1 (57·0–70·7) | 355 | 76·4 (69·7–82·0) |
| Delivery location | ||||||||
| Home | 268 | 7·6 (6·2–9·2) | 160 | 7·1 (5·6–9·1) | 69 | 6·6 (4·1–10·3) | 39 | 10·7 (6·3–17·5) |
| Public facility | 1708 | 52·4 (49·4–55·3) | 806 | 50·8 (46·6–55·1) | 542 | 49·2 (43·6–54·8) | 360 | 62·8 (55·7–69·4) |
| Private facility/NGO/ trust hospital | 880 | 40·1 (37·3–42·9) | 442 | 42·0 (37·9–46·3) | 336 | 44·3 (38·7–49·9) | 102 | 26·5 (20·5–33·7) |
| Sex of index child | ||||||||
| Female | 1358 | 49·3 (46·2–52·5) | 690 | 49·3 (45·2–53·5) | 436 | 49·7 (42·7–56·7) | 232 | 48·8 (41·1–56·5) |
| Male | 1498 | 50·7 (47·5–53·8) | 718 | 50·7 (46·5–54·8) | 511 | 50·3 (43·3–57·4) | 269 | 51·3r (43·6–58·9) |
| Maternal postpartum check | ||||||||
| None | 612 | 20·4 (17·9–23·1) | 373 | 23·8 (20·1–28·0) | 149 | 15·8 (12·4–19·9) | 90 | 19·5 (14·4–26·0) |
| ≤2 days since birth | 2060 | 72·6 (69·8–75·3) | 939 | 69·6 (65·4–73·5) | 738 | 77·7r (72·7–82·0) | 383 | 71·4 (63·9–78·0) |
| >2 days since birth | 184 | 7·0 (5·5–8·7) | 96 | 6·6 (5·0–8·6) | 60 | 6·5 (4·0–10·3) | 28 | 9·0 (5·2–15·2) |
| Months since birth of index child4 | 21·4 (11·5) | 19·7 (11·4) | 22·2 (11·2) | 24·7 (11·5) | ||||
| Social and gender equity | ||||||||
| Age (years) 4 | 23·9 (3·9) | 24·0 (4·2) | 24·0 (3·7) | 23·5 (3·4) | ||||
| Household wealth4,5 | 0·4 (1·0) | 0·3 (0·9) | 0·6 (1·0) | 0·2 (1·0) | ||||
| Education (years) 4 | 9·6 (4·7) | 9·2 (4·9) | 10·2 (4·6) | 9·3 (4·2) | ||||
| Age at first marriage/cohabitation | ||||||||
| <18 years | 561 | 23·2 (20·8–25·7) | 306 | 23·9 (20·7–27·4) | 150 | 19·9 (15·8–24·7) | 105 | 27·5 (21·3–34·7) |
| ≥18 years | 2295 | 76·8 (74·3–79·2) | 1102 | 76·1 (72·6–79·3) | 797 | 80·1 (75·4–84·2) | 396 | 72·5 (65·3–78·7) |
Note: Sample sizes are unweighted, percentages are weighted.
1
Condom, periodic abstinence/rhythm, withdrawal.
2
Pill, IUD, injections, lactational amenorrhea.
3
Row percents. All other percents are column.
4
Mean (SD).
5
Values of 0 represent the poorest households, and values of 1 represent the wealthiest households.