TABLE 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Variable | All | Treat | Comparison | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 29833 | 15998 | 13835 | |
| Modern contraceptive user | 8579 (28.8%) | 5207 (32.5%) | 3372 (24.4%) | <0.001 |
| Use of LARC | 2520 (29.4%) | 1522 (29.2%) | 998 (29.6%) | 0.72 |
| Decided contraceptive method | 7820 (91.2%) | 4860 (93.3%) | 2960 (87.8%) | <0.001 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 28.0 (9.3) | 27.9 (9.3) | 28.0 (9.3) | 0.42 |
| Urban | 13744 (46.1%) | 6920 (43.3%) | 6824 (49.3%) | <0.001 |
| Highest level of education | <0.001 | |||
| never attended | 7224 (24.2%) | 3043 (19.0%) | 4181 (30.2%) | |
| primary/middle school | 10232 (34.3%) | 6122 (38.3%) | 4110 (29.7%) | |
| secondary/post-primary | 9486 (31.8%) | 5097 (31.9%) | 4389 (31.7%) | |
| tertiary/post-secondary | 2891 (9.7%) | 1736 (10.9%) | 1155 (8.3%) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | |||
| never married | 9971 (33.4%) | 5352 (33.5%) | 4619 (33.4%) | |
| currently married | 15200 (51.0%) | 8096 (50.6%) | 7104 (51.3%) | |
| currently living with partner | 2178 (7.3%) | 1000 (6.3%) | 1178 (8.5%) | |
| divorced or separated | 1666 (5.6%) | 1085 (6.8%) | 581 (4.2%) | |
| widow or widower | 818 (2.7%) | 465 (2.9%) | 353 (2.6%) | |
| Married once or more than once | 0.22 | |||
| never | 9971 (33.5%) | 5352 (33.5%) | 4619 (33.5%) | |
| once | 17484 (58.7%) | 9348 (58.5%) | 8136 (59.0%) | |
| more than once | 2311 (7.8%) | 1280 (8.0%) | 1031 (7.5%) | |
| Partner has other wives | 4655 (27.1%) | 2088 (23.3%) | 2567 (31.3%) | <0.001 |
| Wealth score quintile | <0.001 | |||
| lowest quintile | 6048 (20.3%) | 3062 (19.1%) | 2986 (21.6%) | |
| lower quintile | 5851 (19.6%) | 3020 (18.9%) | 2831 (20.5%) | |
| middle quintile | 5530 (18.5%) | 2902 (18.1%) | 2628 (19.0%) | |
| higher quintile | 5503 (18.4%) | 2929 (18.3%) | 2574 (18.6%) | |
| highest quintile | 6901 (23.1%) | 4085 (25.5%) | 2816 (20.4%) | |
| Ever given birth | 20059 (67.3%) | 10678 (66.8%) | 9381 (67.8%) | 0.050 |
| Age at first sex, median (IQR) | 17.0 (15.0, 19.0) | 17.0 (15.0, 19.0) | 17.0 (15.0, 19.0) | 0.054 |
| Age at first birth, mean (SD) | 19.9 (4.2) | 19.9 (4.1) | 20.0 (4.3) | 0.28 |
| Prefer no more children | 7768 (26.0%) | 4484 (28.0%) | 3284 (23.7%) | <0.001 |
| Months to wait before another child, mean (SD) | 48.3 (38.9) | 50.8 (39.7) | 45.6 (37.9) | <0.001 |
| Family planning knowledge score, mean (SD) | 0.0 (2.1) | 0.2 (2.1) | −0.2 (2.2) | <0.001 |
| Family planning information exposure, mean (SD) | 0.0 (1.4) | 0.0 (1.4) | −0.0 (1.3) | <0.001 |
| Country | <0.001 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 2650 (8.9%) | 67 (0.4%) | 2583 (18.7%) | |
| Ethiopia | 5617 (18.8%) | 4711 (29.4%) | 906 (6.5%) | |
| Ghana | 2427 (8.1%) | 35 (0.2%) | 2392 (17.3%) | |
| Kenya | 4801 (16.1%) | 4281 (26.8%) | 520 (3.8%) | |
| Niger | 1830 (6.1%) | 1339 (8.4%) | 491 (3.5%) | |
| Nigeria | 7425 (24.9%) | 2794 (17.5%) | 4631 (33.5%) | |
| Uganda | 3234 (10.8%) | 2674 (16.7%) | 560 (4.0%) | |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 1849 (6.2%) | 97 (0.6%) | 1752 (12.7%) |
*
The analysis dataset excludes pregnant women and women who would like to have another child soon. LARC: long-acting reversible contraceptives, including implants and intrauterine devices; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range.