Table 1.
Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) among currently married women in the reproductive age groups by selected variables
| Variable | Contraceptive usage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not using (82.9%) | Using (17.1%) | |||
| Percent | 95% CI | Percent | 95% CI | |
| Decides how to spend respondent's earnings* | ||||
| Women only (n = 2661) | 80 | [77.7–82.1] | 20 | [17.9–22.3] |
| Joint with husband (n = 198) | 71.2 | [63.8–77.6] | 28.8 | [22.4–36.2] |
| Husband only (n = 431) ☨ | 81.4 | [76.5–85.5] | 18.6 | [14.5–23.5] |
| Decides what to do with husband's earnings** | ||||
| Women only (n = 498) | 82 | [77.1–86.1] | 18 | [13.9–22.9] |
| Joint with husband (n = 568) | 76 | [71.0–80.5] | 24 | [19.5–29.0] |
| Husband only (n = 7135)☨ | 83.4 | [81.9–84.9] | 16.6 | [15.1–18.1] |
| Decides on respondent's health care* | ||||
| Women only (n = 588) | 84 | [79.9–87.4] | 16 | [12.6–20.1] |
| Joint with husband (n = 1120) | 79 | [75.3–82.3] | 21 | [17.7–24.7] |
| Husband only (n = 6542)☨ | 83.3 | [81.8–84.8] | 16.7 | [15.2–18.2] |
| Decides on large household purchases*** | ||||
| Women only (n = 518) | 82 | [77.4–85.9] | 18 | [14.1–22.6] |
| Joint with husband (n = 1248) | 77.1 | [73.6–80.3] | 22.9 | [19.7–26.4] |
| Husband only (n = 6484)☨ | 83.9 | [82.4–85.3] | 16.1 | [14.7–17.6] |
| Decides on visits to family or relatives** | ||||
| Women only (n = 1044) | 85.7 | [82.6–88.3] | 14.3 | [11.7–17.4] |
| Joint with husband (n = 1296) | 77.7 | [74.0–81.1] | 22.3 | [18.9–26.0] |
| Husband only (n = 5910)☨ | 83.3 | [81.6–84.9] | 16.7 | [15.1–18.4] |
| Age in 5-year groups*** | ||||
| 15–19 (n = 871) | 90.6 | [88.0–92.6] | 9.4 | [7.4–12.0] |
| 20–24 (n = 1509) | 82.8 | [80.1–85.2] | 17.2 | [14.8–19.9] |
| 25–29 (n = 1778) | 81.5 | [79.0–83.7] | 18.5 | [16.3–21.0] |
| 30–34 (n = 1480) | 80.5 | [77.6–83.1] | 19.5 | [16.9–22.4] |
| 35–39 (n = 1233) | 78.9 | [75.7–81.8] | 21.1 | [18.2–24.3] |
| 40–44 (n = 822) | 83.2 | [79.9–86.1] | 16.8 | [13.9–20.1] |
| 45–49 (n = 557) | 90.7 | [87.4–93.2] | 9.3 | [6.8–12.6] |
| Number of living children*** | ||||
| 0 (n = 767) | 97.7 | [96.1–98.7] | 2.3 | [1.3–3.9] |
| 1 (n = 1247) | 85.5 | [82.9–87.8] | 14.5 | [12.2–17.1] |
| 2 (n = 1349) | 81.6 | [78.8–84.1] | 18.4 | [15.9–21.2] |
| 3 (n = 1256) | 81.9 | [79.3–84.3] | 18.1 | [15.7–20.7] |
| 4 (n = 1175) | 80.4 | [77.3–83.2] | 19.6 | [16.8–22.7] |
| 5 + (n = 2456) | 79.9 | [77.5–82.2] | 20.1 | [17.8–22.5] |
| Place of residence*** | ||||
| Urban (n = 2341) | 77.9 | [74.9–80.7] | 22.1 | [19.3–25.1] |
| Rural (n = 5909) | 84.3 | [82.5–85.9] | 15.7 | [14.1–17.5] |
| Educational level of respondent*** | ||||
| No education (n = 6026) | 85.7 | [84.0–87.2] | 14.3 | [12.8–16.0] |
| Primary (n = 1005) | 81.5 | [78.3–84.3] | 18.5 | [15.7–21.7] |
| Secondary/Higher (n = 1219) | 70.5 | [67.1–73.6] | 29.5 | [26.4–32.9] |
| Respondent's occupation*** | ||||
| Not working (n = 3781) | 86.3 | [84.6–87.8] | 13.7 | [12.2–15.4] |
| Sales (n = 1933) | 77 | [74.4–79.4] | 23 | [20.6–25.6] |
| Agricultural sector (n = 1761) | 84.5 | [81.0–87.4] | 15.5 | [12.6–19.0] |
| Others (n = 775) | 79.2 | [75.3–82.6] | 20.8 | [17.4–24.7] |
| Husband/partner's education level*** | ||||
| No education (n = 6200) | 85.6 | [83.9–87.1] | 14.4 | [12.9–16.1] |
| Primary (n = 729) | 80.7 | [77.4–83.7] | 19.3 | [16.3–22.6] |
| Secondary/Higher (n = 1321) | 71.5 | [68.6–74.3] | 28.5 | [25.7–31.4] |
| Wealth index*** | ||||
| Poorest (n = 1533) | 88.5 | [85.5–90.9] | 11.5 | [9.1–14.5] |
| Poorer (n = 1575) | 88.3 | [85.7–90.5] | 11.7 | [9.5–14.3] |
| Middle (n = 1677) | 82.9 | [80.3–85.3] | 17.1 | [14.7–19.7] |
| Richer (n = 1796) | 79.3 | [76.4–81.9] | 20.7 | [18.1–23.6] |
| Richest (n = 1669) | 75.7 | [72.7–78.4] | 24.3 | [21.6–27.3] |
Missing values are excluded from the calculations
☨Including a small percentage of others
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05