Table 1 Baseline characteristics of unpregnant married women, infecund and with no desire to have children in next 2 years, TDHS 2015/2016

Modern contraceptive use

 No

2954

56.13 (54.84; 57.51)

 Yes

2309

43.8 (42.52; 45.22)

Age group in years

 15–19

289

5.49 (4.89; 6.00)

208 (71.85)

81 (28.15)

 20–29

1929

36.65 (35.36; 38.00)

1054 (54.66)

875 (45.34)

 30–39

1799

34.19 (32.90; 35.50)

908 (50.47)

891 (49.53)

 40–49

1246

23.67 (22.52; 24.81)

746 (59.90)

500 (40.10)

Woman educational levels

 Never

983

18.68 (17.72; 19.83)

649 (65.98)

335 (34.02)

 Primary

3512

66.73 (65.40; 68.01)

1865 (53.11)

1647 (46.89)

 Secondary + 

768

14.59 (13.70; 15.60)

402 (52.42)

366 (47.60)

Parity

 None

21

0.41 (0.25; 0.60)

13 (58.51)

9 (41.49)

 One to two

1768

33.59 (32.29; 349)

958 (54.19)

810 (45.81)

 Three to four

1717

32.63 (31.37; 33.86)

882 (51.33)

836 (48.67)

 Five + 

1756

33.37 (32.12; 34.69)

1064 (60.59)

692 (39.41)

Place of resident

 Urban

1650

31.36 (30.13; 32.58)

850 (51.48)

801 (48.52)

 Rural

3613

68.64 (67.42; 69.90)

2067 (57.21)

1546 (42.79)

Husband desire for children

 Don’t know

1571

0.41 (028.60; 0.311)

818 (52.05)

753 (47.95)

 Both want same

2046

33.59 (37.60; 40.20)

1067 (52.14)

979 (47.86)

 Husband desire more

1321

32.63 (23.90; 26.30)

859 (65.01)

462 (34.99)

 Husband desire less

325

33.37 (5.60; 6.900)

173 (53.22)

152 (46.78)

Age difference with man

 Woman older than man

212

4.03 (3.50; 4.60)

111 (52.12)

102 (47.88)

 Same age level

179

3.41 (3.00; 3.90)

83 (46.29)

96 (53.71)

 Man old for 10-

3822

72.66 (71.41;74)

2085 (54.29)

1738 (45.71)

 Man old for 10 + 

1047

19.9 (18.85; 23.)

636 (60.71)

411 (39.29)

Husband education level

 No education

576

10.94 (10.10; 11.80)

412 (71.64)

164 (28.46)

 Primary education

3707

70.44 (69.20; 71.70)

1985 (53.54)

1722 (46.46)

 Secondary and higher

980

18.62 (17.61; 19.71)

519 (52.99)

461 (47.01)

Wealth tertiles

 Poor

2001

38.02 (36.72; 39.30)

1323 (66.11)

678 (33.89)

 Middle

1031

19.59 (18.52; 20.74)

521 (50.57)

510 (49.43)

 Rich

2231

42.42 (41.09; 43.68)

1072 (48.06)

1159 (51.94)

Exposure to media

 Not exposed

893

16.96 (16.03; 18.01)

594 (66.6)

298 (33.4)

 Exposed to at least one

1567

29.78 (28.51; 31.04)

951 (60.65)

617 (39.35)

 Exposed to at least two

1504

28.57 (27.40; 29.82)

770 (51.19)

734 (48.81)

 Exposed to all

1299

24.68 (23.47; 25.85)

601 (46.25)

698 (53.75)