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Table 2 Factors associated with contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth during 2011–12 in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia

From: Factor associated with experience of modern contraceptive use before pregnancy among women who gave birth in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia

Variable

Use of FP before pregnancy

COR(95 % CI), P-value

AOR(95 % CI), P-Value

Yes

No

COR(95 % CI),

P-value

AOR(95 % CI)

P-Value

Number (%)

Number (%)

    

Religion of the mother

 Muslim

368(40.0)

551(60.0)

0.13(0.04, 0.47)

0.002

0.2(0.05, 0.72)*

0.014

 Christian

15(83.3)

3(16.7)

1

   

Age of the mother in year

 Less than 20

16(22.5)

55(77.5)

0.47(0.24,0.91)

0.026

0.44(0.22,0.86)*

0.017

 20–24.9

97(39.1)

151(60.9)

0.92(0.60,1.41)

0.705

0.91(0.58,1.41)

0.661

 25–34.9

219(44.8)

270(55.2)

1.18(0.80,1.74)

0.416

1.14(0.76,1.70)

0.528

 35 and above

51(39.5)

78(60.5)

1

 

1

 

Residence

      

 Urban

30(63.8)

17(36.2)

2.69(1.46,4.94)

0.002

2.23(1.15,4.35)*

0.018

 Rural

353(39.7)

537(60.3)

1

 

1

 

Average family monthly income in Eth Birr

  < 500

161(44.2)

203(55.8)

0.87(0.51,1.48)

0.605

0.97(0.56,1.68)

0.906

 500–999

139(34.4)

265(65.6)

0.58(0.34,0.98)

0.040

0.64(0.37,1.11)

0.116

 1000–1499

52(50.0)

52(50.0)

1.02(0.59,2.04)

0.770

1.21(0.64,2.31)

0.553

 1500 and above

31(47.7)

34(52.3)

1

 

1

 

No of child alive

 No alive child

33(29.7)

78(70.3)

1

   

 1–4 children alive

208(41.1)

298(58.9)

1.65(1.06,2.57)

0.027

1.25(0.74,2.12)

0.245

 5 and above children

142(44.4)

178(55.6)

1.89(1.19,2.10)

0.007

1.42(0.79,2.54

0.117

  1. * Significant at p-value of ≤0.05, AOR adjusted odds ratio, COR crude odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  2. Variables used in multivariate model; religion of the mother, age of the mother, place of residence, average family monthly income in Ethiopian Birr and numbers of child alive