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Table 3 Unadjusted bivariate analysis of contraceptive use in South-South Nigeria

From: Assessing the relationship between knowledge and the actual use of contraceptives among childbearing women in South-South Nigeria: evidence from the 2018 Nigeria demographic and health survey

Background characteristics

Current use of contraceptives

X2 (p-Value)

No method

Used any method

Knows contraceptive methods

  No

766 (20.59%)

52 (6.24%)

95.0778 (0.000)

  Yes

2,954 (79.41%)

781 (93.76%)

Marital status

  Never in union

1,433 (38.52%)

270 (32.41%)

12.8297 (0.002)

  Married

1,973 (53.04%)

498 (59.78%)

  Widowed/divorced

314 (8.44%)

65 (7.81%)

Age

  15–24

1,379 (37.07%)

201 (24.13%)

62.5074 (0.000)

  25–34

1,101 (29.60%)

344 (41.30%)

  35 and above

1,240 (33.33%)

288 (34.57%)

Highest education

  No education

215 (5.78%)

14 (1.68%)

51.9577 (0.000)

  Primary

640 (17.20%)

119 (14.29%)

  Secondary

2,366 (63.60%)

526 (63.14%)

  Higher

499 (13.41%)

174 (20.89%)

Husband/partner’s educational level

  No education

79 (4.00%)

1 (0.20%)

32.5770 (0.000)

  Primary

342 (17.33%)

55 (11.05%)

  Secondary

1,156 (58.59%)

329 (66.06%)

  Higher

396 (20.07%)

113 (22.69%)

Currently working

  No

1,108 (29.78%)

164 (19.69%)

34.4654 (0.000)

  Yes

2,612 (70.22%)

669 (80.31%)

Wealth index combined

  Poor

588 (15.81%)

87 (10.44%)

29.2398 (0.000)

  Middle

954 (25.65%)

177 (21.25%)

  Rich

2,178 (58.55%)

569 (68.31%)

Religion

  Catholic

362 (9.73%)

94 (11.28%)

34.3295 (0.000)

  Other Christians

3,085 (82.93%)

723 (86.79%)

  Islam and others

273 (7.34%)

723 (1.93%)

Place of residence

  Urban

1,316 (35.38%)

331 (39.74%)

5.6025 (0.018)

  Rural

2,404 (64.62%)

502 (60.26%)

Children ever born

  0

1,310 (35.22%)

216 (25.93%)

27.7415 (0.000)

  1–4

1,705 (45.83%)

422 (50.66%)

  5 and above

705 (18.95%)

195 (23.41%)

Number of living children

  0

1,336 (35.91%)

218 (26.17%)

30.8104 (0.000)

  1–4

1,786 (48.01%)

444 (53.30%)

  5 and above

598 (16.08%)

171 (20.53%)