Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regression of contraceptive use among youth females and males.

Characteristic	Females		Males
	Bivariate OR (95% CI)	Multivariate OR (95% CI)	Bivariate OR (95% CI)	Multivariate OR (95% CI)
Age	1.13 (1.11–1.14)*	1.19 (1.17–1.22)*	1.06 (1.04–1.08)*	1.05 (1.02–1.08)*
Marital Status (RC-Never in Union)
Currently Married/Cohabiting	0.52 (0.49–0.55)*	Omitted	0.33 (0.29–0.37)*	0.24 (0.20–0.28)*
Formerly Married/Cohabiting	0.60 (0.52–0.69)*	Omitted	0.56 (0.41–0.78)*	0.47 (0.32–0.69)*
Place of residence (RC-Urban)
Rural	0.62 (0.59–0.65)*	1.01 (0.89–1.15)	0.56 (0.51–0.61)*	0.91 (0.79–1.05)
Level of Education (RC-None)
Primary	3.10 (2.79–3.45)*	3.70 (3.18–4.31)*	3.63 (2.90–4.54)*	4.26 (3.16–5.73)*
Secondary	6.07 (5.50–6.70)*	5.45(4.69–6.33)*	5.24 (4.23–6.49)*	3.57 (2.68–4.77)*
Higher	10.59 (8.99–12.47)*	6.14 (4.17–9.05)*	10.24 (7.76–13.50)*	4.81 (3.26–7.11)*
Employment Status (RC-Unemployed)
Employed	0.68 (0.64–0.72)*	0.64 (0.58–0.70)*	0.62 (0.57–0.68)*	0.65 (0.57–0.74)*
Household size	0.96 (0.95–0.97)*	0.98 (0.96–0.99)*	0.96 (0.95–0.97)*	0.94 (0.93–0.96)*
Wealth Index (RC-Poor)
Middle	1.23 (1.14–1.33)*	0.92 (0.81–1.05)	1.36 (1.21–1.52)*	1.35 (1.16–1.57)*
Rich	1.37 (1.29–1.45)*	1.04 (0.91–1.18)	2.13 (1.94–2.34)*	1.87 (1.60–2.18)*
Partner’s Age	0.99 (0.99–1.00)	0.99 (0.99–1.00)	1.09 (1.07–1.11)*	1.08 (1.05–1.11)*
Knowledge of Contraceptive Method (RC-Knows no Method)
Knows only folk/traditional method	Omitted		0.85 (0.39–1.86)	0.59 (0.25–1.43)
Knows modern methods	Omitted		17.03 (11.25–25.78)*	11.35 (7.30–17.65)*
Wife Justified to Negotiate for Safe Sex if Husband has STI (RC-No)
Yes	2.70 (2.44–2.98)*	1.99 (1.74–2.28)*	2.04 (1.79–2.33)*	1.61 (1.36–1.91)*
Don’t Know	0.49 (0.38–0.63)*	0.57(0.41–0.80)*	0.69 (0.45–1.00)	1.10 (0.64–1.88)

*Statistically significant results that had a p-value of less than 0.05.