Table 1 Utilization of modern contraceptives across explanatory variables Variables

8770 (73.69)

2624 (26.31)

Women’s age

χ2 = 246.16, p < 0.001

 15–19

963 (92.15)

82 (7.85)

 20–24

1566 (82.16)

340 (17.84)

 25–29

1706 (76.26)

531 (23.74)

 30–34

1598 (72.64)

602 (27.36)

 35–39

1181 (70.38)

497 (29.62)

 40–44

1004 (72.81)

375 (27.19)

 45–49

752 (79.24)

197 (20.76)

Women’s educational level

χ2 = 100.18, p < 0.001

 No formal education

5820 (79.79)

1474 (20.21)

 Primary school

1736 (72.12)

671 (27.88)

 Secondary school

1087 (72.81)

406 (27.19)

 Higher

126 (63.32)

73 (36.68)

Husband's educational level

χ2 = 189.69, p < 0.001

 No formal education

6703 (80.15)

1660 (19.85)

 Primary school

922 (66.71)

460 (33.29)

 Secondary school

825 (71.24)

333 (28.76)

 Higher

320 (65.17)

171 (34.83)

Place of residence

χ2 = 269.61, p < 0.001

 Urban

2946 (68.64)

1346 (31.36)

 Rural

5824 (82.01)

1278 (17.99)

Ethnicity

χ2 = 88.21, p < 0.001

 Wolof

2767 (74.91)

927 (25.09)

 Poular

3075 (81.24)

710 (18.76)

 Serer

1045 (71.53)

416 (28.47)

 Mandingue/soc

798 (77.63)

230 (22.37)

 Diola

263 (72.65)

99 (27.35)

 Sonink

149 (80.11)

37 (19.89)

 Other Senegalese

415 (73.19)

152 (26.81)

 Other

258 (82.96)

53 (17.04)

Religion

χ2 = 3.60, p = 0.057

 Muslim

8555 (77.09)

2542 (22.91)

 Christian

215 (72.39)

82 (27.61)

Wealth index

χ2 = 251.21, p < 0.001

 Poorest

2572 (82.94)

529 (17.06)

 Poorer

2218 (81.97)

488 (18.03)

 Middle

1934 (75.28)

635 (24.72)

 Richer

1215 (68.96)

547 (31.04)

 Richest

831 (66.16)

425 (33.84)

Number of living children

χ2 = 525.33, p < 0.001

 No child

1380 (98.29)

24 (1.71)

 1–2 children

2906 (79.79)

736 (20.21)

 3–4 children

2212 (71.89)

865 (28.11)

 Five or more children

2272 (69.46)

999 (30.54)

Decision making

χ2 = 183.50, p < 0.001

 No decision making

5918 (80.87)

1400 (19.13)

 Decision making one

1969 (71.26)

794 (28.74)

 Decision making two

883 (67.25)

430 (32.75)

Wife-beating

χ2 = 95.52, p < 0.001

 Accept

5361 (80.21)

1323 (19.79)

 Refuse

3409 (72.38)

1301 (27.62)

Region

χ2 = 434.48, p < 0.001

 Dakar

481 (57.95)

349 (42.05)

 Ziguinchor

352 (71.69)

139 (28.31)

 Diourbel

813 (83.30)

163 (16.70)

 Saint Louis

563 (73.02)

208 (26.98)

 Tambacounda

753 (85.67)

126 (14.33)

 Kaolack

559 (76.26)

174 (23.74)

 This

615 (66.13)

315 (33.87)

 Louga

694 (78.77)

187 (21.23)

 Fatick

617 (72.59)

233 (27.41)

 Kolda

683 (78.51)

187 (21.49)

 Matam

771 (89.24)

93 (10.76)

 Kaffrine

766 (77.45)

223 (22.55)

 Kedougou

520 (88.29)

69 (11.71)

 Sedhiou

583 (78.68)

158 (21.32)

Media exposure

χ2 = 81.44, p < 0.001

 No

964 (87.88)

133 (12.12)

 Yes

7806 (75.81)

2491 (24.19)

Desire for more children

χ2 = 543.34, p < 0.001

 Wants within 2 years

2898 (87.98)

396 (12.02)

 Wants after 2 years

3380 (71.93)

1319 (28.07)

 Wants, unsure timing

705 (89.92)

79 (10.08)

 Undecided

141 (79.66)

36 (20.34)

 Does not want

1379 (64.71)

752 (35.29)

Ideal number of children

χ2 = 127.72, p < 0.001

 0 child

164 (73.54)

59 (26.46)

 1 child

12 (80.00)

3 (20.00)

 2 children

98 (65.77)

51 (34.23)

 3 children

346 (75.22)

114 (24.78)

 4 children

1199 (71.84)

470 (28.16)

 5 children

1414 (73.49)

510 (26.51)

 6 children and above

3811 (77.35)

1116 (22.65)

 Non-numeric response

1726 (85.15)

301 (14.85)

Distance to health facility

χ2 = 65.37, p < 0.001

 Big problem

2824 (81.81)

628 (18.19)

 Not a big problem

5946 (74.87)

1996 (25.13)

Community litracy level

χ2 = 348.26, p < 0.001

 Low

3972 (84.78)

713 (15.22)

 Medium

2826 (75.46)

919 (24.54)

 High

1972 (66.53)

992 (33.47)

Community socioeconomic level

χ2 = 258.56, p < 0.001

 Low

5477 (81.92)

1209 (18.08)

 Medium

1191 (75.05)

396 (24.95)

 High

2102 (67.35)

1019 (32.65)

Community level modern contraceptive knowledge

 Low

3391 (84.00)

646 (16.00)

χ2 = 190.92, p < 0.001

 Medium

2820 (75.08)

936 (24.92)

 High

2559 (71.06)

1042 (28.94)