Table 4 Proportion of women who ever and currently uses contraceptives by socio-demographic characteristics
Socio demographic Characteristics | Ever contraceptive use | Current contraceptive use | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Occupation | Farmer | 273 | 62.6 | 205 | 47.1 |
Business Woman | 152 | 77.2 | 138 | 70.4 | |
Government employee | 35 | 92.1 | 33 | 84.6 | |
Private employed | 14 | 73.7 | 17 | 85.0 | |
House Wife | 449 | 74.1 | 369 | 61.0 | |
Daily laborer | 19 | 76.0 | 19 | 76.0 | |
Other | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | 100.0 | |
Age Group | 15–19 | 35 | 62.5 | 36 | 64.3 |
20–24 | 175 | 73.5 | 167 | 70.5 | |
25–29 | 312 | 76.3 | 256 | 62.4 | |
30–34 | 210 | 73.2 | 165 | 57.7 | |
35–39 | 163 | 69.4 | 115 | 48.9 | |
40–44 | 42 | 54.5 | 38 | 49.4 | |
45–49 | 7 | 36.8 | 6 | 31.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 295 | 74.5 | 251 | 63.5 |
Muslim | 205 | 61.4 | 154 | 46.1 | |
Catholic | 2 | 100.0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
Protestant | 422 | 76.0 | 364 | 65.6 | |
Other | 20 | 55.6 | 13 | 36.1 | |
Educational Level | No school /unable to read & write | 424 | 63.8 | 334 | 50.4 |
No school but read and write | 14 | 63.6 | 11 | 50.0 | |
Primary school [grade1–8] | 356 | 76.6 | 302 | 64.8 | |
Secondary school [grade 9–10] | 103 | 88.0 | 94 | 81.0 | |
Preparatory school [grade 11–12] | 20 | 90.9 | 13 | 59.1 | |
Diploma | 23 | 88.5 | 23 | 88.5 | |
Degree and above | 5 | 71.4 | 7 | 87.5 | |