Table 1.
Background characteristics, use and desire to use contraceptives among the study participants (n = 450).
| Characteristic | All Women | Ever Used | Desire to Use | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | p Value | n | % | p Value | ||
| Age (years) | 15–19 | 34 | (7.6) | 9 | (26.5) | <0.001 | 12 | (35.3) | <0.001 |
| 20–24 | 121 | (26.9) | 51 | (42.1) | 84 | (69.4) | |||
| 25–29 | 68 | (15.1) | 47 | (69.1) | 57 | (83.8) | |||
| 30–34 | 98 | (21.8) | 78 | (79.6) | 78 | (79.6) | |||
| 35–39 | 59 | (13.1) | 48 | (81.4) | 41 | (69.5) | |||
| 40–44 | 54 | (12.0) | 45 | (83.3) | 36 | (66.7) | |||
| 45–49 | 16 | (3.6) | 14 | (87.5) | 11 | (68.8) | |||
| Educational Level | Illiterate | 10 | (2.2) | 7 | (70.0) | 0.614 | 5 | (50.0) | 0.332 |
| Educated | 140 | (31.1) | 95 | (67.9) | 99 | (70.7) | |||
| Well educated * | 300 | (66.7) | 190 | (63.3) | 215 | (71.7) | |||
| Job Status | Housewife | 152 | (33.8) | 123 | (80.9) | <0.001 | 116 | (76.3) | 0.028 |
| Student | 139 | (30.9) | 47 | (33.8) | 87 | (62.6) | |||
| Worker | 159 | (35.3) | 122 | (76.7) | 116 | (73.0) | |||
| Children Ever Born | None | 54 | (15.3) | 13 | (24.1) | <0.001 | 38 | (70.4) | 0.213 |
| 1–2 children | 132 | (37.3) | 109 | (82.6) | 101 | (76.5) | |||
| 3–4 children | 102 | (28.8) | 94 | (92.2) | 86 | (84.3) | |||
| 5 and more | 66 | (18.6) | 59 | (89.4) | 50 | (75.8) | |||
| Pregnancies | None | 45 | (12.6) | 6 | (13.3) | <0.001 | 33 | (73.3) | 0.767 |
| 1–2 | 122 | (34.3) | 99 | (81.1) | 95 | (77.9) | |||
| 3–4 | 99 | (27.8) | 89 | (89.9) | 80 | (80.8) | |||
| 5 and more | 90 | (25.3) | 81 | (90.0) | 69 | (76.7) | |||
| All women | 450 | (100) | 292 | ((64.9) | 319 | (70.9) | |||
| 95% CI | (60.4–69.2) | (66.5–74.9) | |||||||
* The well-educated category includes women who had undertaken undergraduate and postgraduate studies.