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Table 3 Background characteristics of other factors of targeted women and/or her husband

From: Identifying factors influencing contraceptive use in Bangladesh: evidence from BDHS 2014 data

Variable

Category

Total

Contraception use

p-value

  

n

No, n (%)

Yes, n (%)

 

Total

 

16858 (100%)

6331 (37.6)

10527 (62.4)

 

Husband age difference with respondent

Woman older or same age

261

96 (36.6)

166 (63.4)

0.012

 

1-5 years older

4543

1641 (36.1)

2901 (63.9)

 
 

6-10 years older

6705

2456 (36.6)

4249 (63.4)

 
 

> 10 years older

5349

2138 (40.0)

3211 (60.0)

 

Husband education level

No education

4715

1757 (37.3)

2958 (62.7)

0.013

 

Primary

4680

1724 (36.8)

2956 (63.2)

 
 

Secondary

5085

2019 (39.7)

3066 (60.3)

 
 

Higher

2379

831 (34.9)

1548 (65.1)

 

Husband occupation

Unemployed

116

50 (43.2)

66 (56.8)

0.179

 

Employed

16742

6281 (37.5)

10461 (62.5)

 

Currently residing with husband

Living with her

14755

4742 (32.1)

10013 (67.9)

0.001

 

Staying elsewhere

2102

1588 (75.5)

514 (24.5)

 

Desire for child

Both desire same number

12514

4918 (39.3)

7596 (60.7)

0.001

 

Husband desire more

1776

741 (41.7)

1035 (58.3)

 
 

Husband desire fewer

1122

383 (34.1)

739 (65.9)

 
 

Don’t know

452

287 (63.5)

165 (36.5)

 
 

Missing

994

2 (0.2)

992 (99.8)

 

Currently amenorrheic

No

16055

5721 (35.6)

10334 (64.4)

0.001

 

Yes

803

609 (75.9)

194 (24.1)

 

Currently abstaining

No

16366

5903 (36.1)

10463 (63.9)

0.001

 

Yes

492

427 (86.8)

65 (13.2)

 

Sexually active in past year

No or moderate

2924

2265 (77.5)

659 (22.5)

0.001

 

Yes or highly

13934

4066 (29.2)

9868 (70.8)

 

Total children ever born

0-1

5358

2720 (50.8)

2637 (49.2)

0.001

 

2-3

7712

2144 (27.8)

5568 (72.2)

 
 

4+

3788

1466 (38.7)

2322 (61.3)

 

Number of living children

0

1707

1254 (73.5)

453 (26.5)

0.001

 

1

3991

1631 (40.9)

2361 (59.1)

 
 

2

4956

1358 (27.4)

3598 (72.6)

 
 

3+

6203

2088 (33.7)

4115 (66.3)

 

Number of child born in last five years

0

9964

4236 (42.5)

5728 (57.5)

0.001

 

1

5874

1711 (29.1)

4163 (70.9)

 
 

2+

1020

384 (37.6)

636 (62.4)

 

Total children ever died

0

14,067

5190 (36.9)

8876 (63.1)

0.001

 

1

2,163

837 (38.7)

1326 (61.3)

 
 

2+

628

303 (48.2)

325 (51.8)

 

Exposure to media message on FP

No exposure

13426

5088 (37.9)

8338 (62.1)

0.163

 

At least some exposure

3432

1243 (36.2)

2189 (63.8)

 
  1. p-value ≤0.001 are treated as 0.001