Table 1 Distribution of ever use and current use of modern contraceptive according to background characteristics, Malawi, 2010
Background | Ever used method | Current use | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Modern | Total | x 2-value | Modern | Total | x 2-value |
Total | 75.6(3844) | 5085 | 53.8(1232) | 2289 | ||
Age | ||||||
15-19 | 45.1(137) | 304 | 295.270* | 37.1(46) | 124 | 32.10** |
20-24 | 72.7(750) | 1032 | 53.4(197) | 369 | ||
25-29 | 81.1(1062) | 1310 | 53.4(282) | 528 | ||
30-34 | 82.6(749) | 907 | 55.3(241) | 436 | ||
35-39 | 81.0(577) | 712 | 59.5(238) | 400 | ||
40-44 | 71.1(320) | 450 | 52.5(136) | 259 | ||
45-49 | 67.0(250) | 373 | 53.8(93) | 173 | ||
Education | ||||||
No education | 60.9(508) | 834 | 179.95* | 43.2(152) | 352 | 57.56* |
Primary | 75.5(2218) | 2939 | 53.3(672) | 1261 | ||
Secondary | 84.8(980) | 1156 | 60.8(355) | 584 | ||
Higher | 88.0(139) | 158 | 58.1(54) | 93 | ||
Wealth quintile | ||||||
Poorest | 66.8(1503) | 2251 | 177.95* | 45.9(393) | 856 | 46.68* |
Richest | 82.6(2341) | 2834 | 58.5(839) | 1433 | ||
Religion | ||||||
Catholic | 82.2(866) | 1054 | 198.19* | 55.8(288) | 516 | 41.99* |
Other Christians | 77.6(2549) | 3283 | 56.1(832) | 1483 | ||
Muslims | 56.4(378) | 670 | 36.6(93) | 254 | ||
Others | 64.2(52) | 81 | 56.8(21) | 37 | ||
Age at 1 st marriage | ||||||
8-14 | 75.2(424) | 564 | 31.76* | 49.4(119) | 241 | 17.50*** |
15-19 | 76.1(2481) | 3260 | 55.9(801) | 1433 | ||
20-24 | 75.6(804) | 1063 | 53.1(272) | 512 | ||
25-29 | 69.0(120) | 174 | 40.0(36) | 90 | ||
30+ | 61.5(16) | 26 | 42.9(6) | 14 | ||
Total life time number of sexual partners | ||||||
1 | 75.8(2209) | 2913 | 1.838 | 59.2(753) | 1273 | 39.57* |
2+ | 75.3(1636) | 2174 | 47.2(480) | 1016 | ||
Age at first sexual intercourse | ||||||
8-14 | 76.0(433) | 570 | 11.419 | 55.0(144) | 262 | 11.784 |
15-19 | 75.6(1766) | 2337 | 52.0(549) | 1056 | ||
20-24 | 79.1(330) | 417 | 57.7(113) | 196 | ||
25-33 | 77.8(28) | 36 | 40.9(9) | 22 | ||
at first union | 74.6(1287) | 1726 | 55.4(416) | 751 | ||
Region | ||||||
Northern | 72.1(393) | 545 | 40.65* | 56.5(140) | 248 | 32.94* |
Central | 76.2(1647) | 2162 | 54.5(542) | 995 | ||
Southern | 75.8(1805) | 2380 | 52.6(550) | 1045 | ||
Place of residence | ||||||
Urban | 83.7(1291) | 1542 | 80.74* | 56.8(443) | 780 | 6.98*** |
Rural | 72.0(2554) | 3545 | 52.3(790) | 1510 | ||
Children ever born | ||||||
None | 27.4(69) | 252 | 425.58* | 7.5(8) | 106 | 151.85* |
1-2 | 73.9(1247) | 1688 | 48.6(370) | 762 | ||
3-4 | 82.3(1251) | 1520 | 58.0(374) | 645 | ||
5+ | 78.6(1278) | 1626 | 61.9(481) | 777 | ||
Age at first birth | ||||||
10-14 | 74.7(186) | 249 | 31.16* | 50.0(48) | 96 | 15.85*** |
15-19 | 80.0(2320) | 2900 | 56.5(731) | 1294 | ||
20-24 | 76.3(1116) | 1463 | 58.1(395) | 680 | ||
25-29 | 69.4(134) | 193 | 45.5(45) | 99 | ||
30+ | 64.5(20) | 31 | 46.2(6) | 13 | ||