Table 2.

Bivariate association of currently married female adolescents and contraceptive use in selected south Asian countries by various background characteristics, DHS

Background characteristics	India	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Nepal
Age (years)
15–19	9.96*	46.74*	6.89*	14.48*
20–24	23.56*	54.55*	14.88*	23.95*
Place of residence
Urban	24.13*	57.20*	18.15*	22.93*
Rural	19.92*	49.42*	11.30*	18.99*
Education
No education	16.06*	50.68	8.55*	15.93
Primary	23.08*	52.19	15.98*	20.42
Secondary	22.50*	51.07	19.80*	22.67
Higher	18.43*	52.89	15.31*	23.11
Religion
Hindu	20.69*	56.05	NA	21.28*
Muslim	23.31*	51.29	NA	7.23*
Others	22.28*	46.93	NA	31.11*
Wealth index
Poorest	15.39*	50.20	6.68*	22.53
Poorer	20.47*	51.55	10.73*	22.79
Middle	22.28*	51.78	13.89*	18.72
Richer	24.06*	52.05	17.59*	19.65
Richest	24.16*	52.01	19.85*	23.90
Working status
No	21.03*	48.99*	13.43	17.73*
Yes	26.93*	60.57*	11.67	25.36*
Age at first sex (years)
≥ 14	32.22*	58.30*	NA	28.70*
15–17	25.13*	50.27*	NA	19.77*
≤ 18	17.45*	51.54*	NA	21.08*
No. of living children
0	5.51*	25.11*	0.53*	8.49*
1	20.66*	59.46*	14.59*	23.78*
2	41.96*	66.40*	25.27*	31.59*
3 and above	42.40*	59.31*	27.99*	41.99*
Husband's education
No education	18.87*	53.54	10.85*	15.49
Primary	26.62*	52.17	11.48*	22.52
Secondary	21.78*	49.68	12.90*	21.23
Higher	19.65*	53.15	20.63*	22.12
Media Exposure
No	13.66*	48.42*	5.99*	14.07*
Yes	22.97*	53.04*	15.71*	22.60*
Visited by FP worker
No	NA	49.82*	11.53*	17.54*
Yes	NA	57.87*	20.33*	25.57*

DHS = Demographic Health Survey; NA = Not Available; FP = Family Planning

*Significant (p < 0.05)