Table 4.
Women’s characteristics and modern contraceptive use
| (1) Women’s characteristics (n = 618) |
Modern Contraceptive Use | (4) 1p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2) Not using modern contraception |
(3) Currently using modern contraception |
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| Region | ||||
| South | 34.1% | 65.9% | 34.1% | |
| North | 65.9% | 76.4% | 23.6% | 0.004 |
| Age | ||||
| 14–19 | 26.2% | 77.8% | 22.2% | |
| 20–24 | 73.4% | 71.1% | 28.9% | 0.098 |
| Number of children | ||||
| 1–3 | 52.1% | 78.6% | 21.4% | |
| None | 47.9% | 66.6% | 33.4% | 0.001 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 64.1% | 81.8% | 18.9% | |
| Boyfriend | 35.9% | 58.1% | 41.9% | 0.000 |
| Education | ||||
| None or primary | 19.4% | 80.0% | 20.0% | |
| Secondary | 66.7% | 75.0% | 25.0% | |
| Higher than secondary | 13.9% | 52.3% | 47.7% | 0.000 |
| Wealth | ||||
| Second to fifth quintiles | 79.9% | 69.8% | 30.2% | |
| First quintile/Poorest | 20.1% | 84.7% | 15.3% | 0.001 |
| Mean social norms score | 18.0 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 0.000 |
| Mean motivation score | 60.6 | 58.0 | 67.7 | 0.000 |
| Mean ability score | 38.0 | 34.8 | 46.5 | 0.000 |
1Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and Anova was conducted for numerical variables