Table 1.
Socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics
| Characteristics | Categories | n (%) FP Used |
n(%) FP not Used |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of mother | 18–24 | 104 (19.6) | 427(80.4) | 0.105 |
| 25–29 | 136 (25.7) | 230 (74.3) | ||
| 30–34 | 138 (26.7) | 379 (73.3) | ||
| 35–39 | 83 (15.7) | 446 (84.3) | ||
| 40–44 | 46 (8.7) | 483 (91.3) | ||
| 45 + | 23 (4.3) | 512 (95.7)) | ||
| Educational level of Women | No formal education | 141 (26.6) | 484 (73.4) | 0.112 |
| Uncompleted Primary education | 197 (37.2) | 333 (62.8) | ||
| Completed primary education | 49 (9.2) | 389 (90.8) | ||
| Uncompleted secondary education | 91 (17.2) | 236 (82.8) | ||
| Completed Secondary School | 48 (9.1) | 127 (90.9) | ||
| University education | 4 (0.8) | 84 (99.2) | ||
| Parity | ≤ 4 | 298 (58) | 216 (42) | 0.034* |
| 5–7 | 162 (31.5) | 1,352 (68.5) | ||
| ≥ 8 | 54 (10.5) | 311 (89.5) | ||
| Birth interval between the last two children | < 24 months | 173 (37.7) | 1, 637 (62.3) | < 0.001* |
| ≥ 24 months | 286 (62.3) | 114 (37.7) |
*Chi-square relationship statistically significant