TABLE 4.

Relationship between independent variables and contraceptive use among women (N=749)^1,2

	Currently using contraception
	No	Yes	p-value
Total	22.6%	77.4%
Number of living children (mean)	2.85	2.76	0.52
Number of years of education (mean)	4.8	5.47	0.015*
Self-reported infertility			0.005**
Yes	32.2%	67.8%
No	20.7%	79.3%
Certainty of pregnancy			0.000***
Certain	20.2%	79.8%
Likely	24.0%	76.0%
No chance/ unlikely	52.5%	47.5%
Age (mean)	28.8	27.8	0.086
Age group			0.000***
15–19	47.1%	52.9%
20–24	16.1%	83.9%
25–29	19.5%	80.5%
30–34	19.3%	80.7%
35–39	23.9%	76.1%
40–45	47.7%	52.3%
Currently married/cohabiting			0.000***
Current monogamous relationship	15.7%	84.3%
Current polygamous relationship	17.0%	83.0%
Not currently married/cohabiting4	60.4%	39.6%
Ever wants a(nother) child			0.571
Yes	22.1%	77.9%
No	24.1%	75.9%
Had sex in previous 3 months			0.000***
Yes	14.0%	86.0%
No	56.7%	43.3%

¹p-values are for chi-square tests (categorical) and F-tests (continuous); rows total to 100%; *p<0.05, **p<0.01. ***p<0.001

²N is the women’s analytic sample

³Category combines not currently married and never married women

⁴Category combines ‘not currently’ and ‘never’ married or cohabiting