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Table 1 Determinants of unmet need for family planning

From: Determinants of unmet need for family planning among women in Urban Cameroon: a cross sectional survey in the Biyem-Assi Health District, Yaoundé

Factors

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR

CI 95 %

p-value

Adj OR

Adj CI 95 %

p-value

Muslim (Y/N)

1.68

0.57-4.94

0.342

1.83

061-5.44

0.279

Number of years of cohabitation > 5 (Y/N)

1.18

064-2.19

0.591

1.05

051-2.17

0.901

Level of education above primary (Y/N)

1.16

0.61-2.21

0.653

1.74

0.82-3.70

0.150

Total number of pregnancy > 3 (Y/N)

1.84

1.07-3.17

0.027*

1.82

0.96-3.46

0.066

Number of children alive > 5

2.78

1.02-7.60

0.046*

2.77

0.93-8.23

0.068

Does your partner approve of contraception? (Y/N)

0.53

0.31-0.92

0.025*

0.52

0.30-0.92

0.023*

Discussion of family planning within the couple. (Y/N)

0.40

0.25-0.70

0.002*

0.39

0.21-0.69

0.001*

  1. Y/N = Yes/No, OR = Odds Ratio, Adj OR = Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval, Adj CI: Adjusted Confidence interval, * Statistically significant (p-value ≤ 0.05)