Table 2.

Socio-economic status and unmet need for contraception among young women in SSA

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Unmet need for contraception
			Weighted N	Weighted %
Educational level [χ2 = 24.9, p < 0.001]
No education	20,027	33.5	5246	25.3
Primary	21,735	36.3	5899	27.2
Secondary/higher	18,102	30.2	4744	27.2
Wealth status [χ2 = 36.7, p < 0.001]
Poorest	12,904	21.6	3890	26.6
Poorer	13,655	22.8	3684	27.0
Middle	12,314	20.6	3321	27.6
Richer	11,735	19.6	2926	26.8
Richest	9,255	15.5	2068	24.0
Age [χ2 = 5.2, p < 0.05]
15–19	16,755	28.0	4592	27.2
20–24	43,109	72.0	11,297	26.3
Sex of household head [χ2 = 101.0, p < 0.001]
Male	50,679	84.7	12,848	25.6
Female	9,185	15.3	3041	31.6
Place of residence [χ2 = 35.4, p < 0.001]
Urban	18,508	30.9	5079	28.2
Rural	41,356	69.1	10,810	25.8
Marital status [χ2 = 454.8, p < 0.001]
Married	44,407	74.2	10,791	24.3
Cohabiting	15,457	25.8	5098	26.5
Employment status [χ2 = 39.3, p < 0.001]
Unemployed	22,902	38.3	6640	27.9
Employed	36,962	61.7	9249	25.6
Religion [χ2 = 38.0, p < 0.001]
Christianity	34,303	57.3	9081	27.0
Islam	22,748	38.0	5959	25.4
Traditional religion	1,431	2.4	409	27.8
No religion	1,384	2.3	440	31.5
Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine [χ2 = 12.9, p < 0.01]
Not at all	51,107	85.4	13,811	26.8
Less than once a week	5,070	8.5	1221	24.5
At least once a weak	3,687	6.2	857	25.8
Frequency of listening to radio [χ2 = 5.1, p > 0.05]
Not at all	21,003	45.1	7331	26.7
Less than once a week	11,012	18.4	2977	27.2
At least once a weak	21,849	36.5	5581	26.5
Frequency of watching television [χ2 = 22.8, p < 0.001]
Not at all	37,744	63.1	10,012	25.9
Less than once a week	6,800	11.4	1830	26.9
At least once a weak	15,319	25.6	4047	28.0
Parity [χ2 = 731.7, p < 0.001]
Zero births	10,818	18.1	1798	16.7
One birth	22,969	38.4	6162	27.1
Two births	16,381	27.4	4716	28.8
Three or more births	9,697	16.2	3213	32.0