Table 5.

Effect and contribution of predictor variables of modern contraceptive use among female adolescents based on decomposition analysis in selected south Asian countries

Predictors	Elasticity	CI	Absolute	% contribution
INDIA, N = 94,034
20–24 age (years)	0.1418	0.0149	0.0084	16.70
Rural place of residence	− 0.0446	− 0.0648	0.0116	23.06
Poor economic status	0.0268	0.446	0.0479	95.23
Illiterate	0.0696	0.0926	0.0258	51.29
Unemployed	NA	NA	NA	NA
Illiterate partner	NA	NA	NA	NA
Vulnerable age at first sex (years)	− 0.0392	0.1183	− 0.0186	− 36.98
Birth order 3 +	0.0687	− 0.0903	− 0.0248	− 49.30
Total			0.0503	100.00
BANGLADESH, N = 5074
20–24 age (years)	0.046	0.009	0.001	6.67
Rural place of residence	− 0.154	− 0.064	0.039	260.00
Poor economic status	− 0.001	0.26	− 0.001	− 6.67
Illiterate	0.057	0.098	0.022	146.67
Unemployed	0.021	− 0.088	− 0.007	− 46.67
Illiterate partner	− 0.01	0.072	− 0.002	− 13.33
Vulnerable age at first sex (years)	− 0.015	0.18	− 0.011	− 73.33
Birth order 3 +	0.039	− 0.168	− 0.026	− 173.33
Total			0.015	100
PAKISTAN, N = 2569
20–24 age (years)	0.01	0.013	0.0	0.00
Rural place of residence	− 0.046	− 0.081	0.015	16.30
Poor economic status	0.024	0.45	0.044	47.83
Illiterate	0.036	0.32	0.046	50.00
Unemployed	0.003	− 0.357	− 0.004	− 4.35
Illiterate partner	− 0.001	0.137	0	0.00
Vulnerable age at first sex (years)	NA	NA	NA	NA
Birth order 3 +	0.06	− 0.038	− 0.009	− 9.78
Total			0.092	100
NEPAL, N = 2474
20–24 age (years)	0.082	0.014	0.004	− 21.05
Rural place of residence	− 0.061	− 0.049	0.012	− 63.16
Poor economic status	− 0.005	0.404	− 0.009	47.37
Illiterate	0.06	0.009	0.002	− 10.53
Unemployed	0.029	− 0.175	− 0.02	105.26
Illiterate partner	0.04	0.011	0.001	− 5.26
Vulnerable age at first sex (years)	0.002	0.094	0.001	− 5.26
Birth order 3 +	0.038	− 0.07	− 0.01	52.63
Total			− 0.019	100.00

Totals of every country are provided in bold

DHS = Demographic Health Survey; C.I. = Concentration Index; N = Sample; NA = Not Available