Table 2.

Distribution of modern contraceptive use by individual and contextual-level variables

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Modern contraceptive	p-values
Age				< 0.001
15–19	2164	2.5	15.6
20–24	4600	5.3	35.0
25–29	9619	11.0	38.2
30–34	15,430	17.6	37.9
35–39	19,635	22.4	34.4
40–44	19,234	22.0	27.0
45–49	16,852	19.3	14.8
Marital status				< 0.001
Never married	5209	6.0	27.4
Married	57,118	65.2	32.2
Cohabiting	10,331	11.8	29.4
Widowed	3607	7.2	13.4
Divorced	8590	9.8	25.4
Religion				< 0.001
Christianity	64,891	74.1	33.9
Islam	19,161	21.9	16.9
Traditional	1914	2.2	15.0
No religion	1588	1.8	23.7
Employment status				0.004
Not working	17,988	20.5	29.0
Working	69,566	79.5	29.7
Age at first sex				< 0.001
Less than 15	18,149	20.7	23.9
15–19 years	54,679	62.5	31.1
20 years and above	14,726	16.8	31.0
Parity				< 0.001
No birth	1933	2.2	8.1
One birth	3867	4.4	25.5
Two births	8502	9.7	38.6
Three births	12,988	14.8	36.4
Four or more births	60,264	68.8	27.8
Level of education				< 0.001
No education	30,977	35.4	17.6
Primary	92,933	37.6	34.7
Secondary	20,324	23.2	37.5
Higher	3302	3.8	41.8
Exposure to newspaper				< 0.001
No	71,687	81.9	26.9
Yes	15,867	18.1	41.8
Exposure to radio				< 0.001
No	34,741	39.7	24.9
Yes	51,813	60.3	32.7
Exposure to television				< 0.001
No	54,414	62.1	27.5
Yes	33,140	37.9	33.0
Residence				< 0.001
Urban	30,434	34.8	32.4
Rural	57,120	65.2	28.1
Wealth index
Poorest	16,062	18.4	22.1	< 0.001
Poorer	17,170	19.6	26.7
Middle	17,582	20.1	29.4
Richer	18,341	20.9	32.1
Richest	18,399	21.0	36.5
Community literacy level				< 0.001
Low	33,855	38.7	24.5
Medium	29,145	33.4	35.9
High	24,554	28.0	29.1
Community socioeconomic status				< 0.001
Low	47,293	54.0	25.4
Medium	10,087	11.5	36.0
High	30,174	34.5	34.0
Community knowledge of modern contraceptive method				< 0.001
Low	81,646	93.3	30.9
Medium	5908	6.7	11.9
Sub-region				< 0.001
West Africa	27,561	31.5	17.7
East Africa	46,577	53.2	37.3
Central Africa	8914	10.2	13.1
Southern Africa	4502	5.1	55.4

NB: p-values obtained from chi-square test