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Table 4 Women’s characteristics and modern contraceptive use

From: Understanding how social norms affect modern contraceptive use

 

(1)

Women’s characteristics

(n = 618)

Modern Contraceptive Use

(4)

1p-value

(2)

Not using modern contraception

(3)

Currently using modern contraception

Region

 South

34.1%

65.9%

34.1%

 

 North

65.9%

76.4%

23.6%

0.004

Age

 14–19

26.2%

77.8%

22.2%

 

 20–24

73.4%

71.1%

28.9%

0.098

Number of children

 1–3

52.1%

78.6%

21.4%

 

 None

47.9%

66.6%

33.4%

0.001

Marital status

 Married

64.1%

81.8%

18.9%

 

 Boyfriend

35.9%

58.1%

41.9%

0.000

Education

 None or primary

19.4%

80.0%

20.0%

 

 Secondary

66.7%

75.0%

25.0%

 

 Higher than secondary

13.9%

52.3%

47.7%

0.000

Wealth

 Second to fifth quintiles

79.9%

69.8%

30.2%

 

 First quintile/Poorest

20.1%

84.7%

15.3%

0.001

Mean social norms score

18.0

18.8

16.0

0.000

Mean motivation score

60.6

58.0

67.7

0.000

Mean ability score

38.0

34.8

46.5

0.000

  1. 1Chi-square tests were used for categorical variables and Anova was conducted for numerical variables