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Table 2 Information regarding reproductive health among married Kyrgyz women

From: Unmet need for contraception among married women in the Kyrgyz Republic using the datasets from the 2006, 2014 and 2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey: a cross-sectional study

 

2006

(N = 3287)

n (%)

2014

(N = 3095)

n (%)

2018

(N = 2847)

n (%)

Total

(N = 9229)

n (%)

Age of husband/partner (years old)

 15–24

275 (8.4)

234 (7.6)

158 (5.6)

667 (7.2)

 25–34

1430 (43.5)

1401 (45.3)

1271 (44.7)

4102 (44.5)

 35–44

1131 (34.4)

1043 (33.7)

976 (34.3)

3150 (34.1)

 ≥ 45

452 (13.7)

417 (13.5)

440 (15.5)

1309 (14.2)

Number of children ever born

 0

244 (7.4)

263 (8.5)

205 (7.2)

712 (7.7)

 1

684 (20.8)

525 (17.0)

407 (14.3)

1616 (17.5)

 2

809 (24.6)

793 (25.6)

709 (24.9)

2311 (25.0)

 ≥ 3

1550 (47.2)

1514 (48.9)

1526 (53.6)

4590 (49.7)

Need for contraception

 Met need

2634 (80.1)

2466 (79.7)

2207 (77.5)

7307 (79.2)

 Unmet need for spacing

394 (12.0)

472 (15.3)

469 (16.5)

1335 (14.5)

 Unmet need for limiting

259 (7.9)

157 (5.1)

171 (6.0)

587 (6.4)

Type of contraception used among non-pregnant and non-postpartum amenorrhea women (N = 8271)a

 Modern contraception

1862 (62.1)

1512 (55.9)

1405 (54.7)

4779 (57.8)

 Traditional contraception

110 (3.7)

109 (4.0)

73 (2.8)

292 (3.5)

 No methods

1027 (34.2)

1083 (40.1)

1090 (42.4)

3200 (38.7)

Beating wife is justified if she goes without telling

 No

2425 (73.8)

2471 (79.8)

2321 (81.5)

7217 (78.2)

 Yes

862 (26.2)

624 (20.2)

526 (18.5)

2012 (21.8)

Beating wife is justified if she neglects children

 No

2390 (72.7)

2232 (72.1)

2096 (73.6)

6718 (72.8)

 Yes

897 (27.3)

863 (27.9)

750 (26.4)

2510 (27.2)

Beating wife is justified if she argues with husband

 No

2219 (67.5)

2567 (83.0)

2307 (81.0)

7093 (76.9)

 Yes

1068 (32.5)

527 (17.0)

540 (19.0)

2135 (23.1)

Beating wife is justified if she refuses sex

 No

2881 (87.6)

2835 (91.6)

2560 (89.9)

8276 (89.7)

 Yes

406 (12.4)

260 (8.4)

287 (10.1)

953 (10.3)

Beating wife is justified if she burns food

 No

2839 (86.4)

2859 (92.4)

2659 (93.4)

8357 (90.6)

 Yes

448 (13.6)

236 (7.6)

187 (6.6)

871 (9.4)

Attitude toward DV

 DV completely unacceptable

1778 (54.1)

1950 (63.0)

1937 (68.1)

5665 (61.4)

 DV somehow acceptable

1371 (41.7)

1073 (34.7)

806 (28.3)

3250 (35.2)

 DV completely acceptable

138 (4.2)

71 (2.3)

103 (3.6)

312 (3.4)

  1. DV Domestic violence
  2. a958 women were pregnant at the time of the surveys and were not asked about contraception methods. There were 288 pregnant women in 2006, 391 pregnant women in 2014, and 278 pregnant women in 2018