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Table 5 Gender-equitable attitudes towards couples’ family planning decisions and modern contraceptive use pattern

From: Gender norms and modern contraceptive use in urban Nigeria: a multilevel longitudinal study

 

User vs. Non-User

Adopter vs. Non-User

Discontinuer vs. User

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Individual-level attitudes

 Low to Low

reference

reference

reference

 Low to High

1.13 (0.91–1.41)

1.37 (1.19–1.57)

1.04 (0.78–1.38)

 High to Low

1.49 (1.16–1.91)

1.01 (0.83–1.22)

1.18 (0.87–1.61)

 High to High

2.34 (1.87–2.93)

1.54 (1.31–1.82)

0.73 (0.55–0.97)

Neighborhood-level attitudes

 Low to Low

reference

reference

reference

 Low to High

1.15 (0.92–1.45)

1.10 (0.93–1.31)

0.72 (0.55–0.94)

 High to Low

1.38 (0.92–2.05)

1.16 (0.83–1.62)

0.90 (0.57–1.42)

 High to High

1.47 (1.13–1.90)

1.12 (0.90–1.39)

0.62 (0.45–0.84)

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval; Models included individual and neighborhood exposure variables controlling for age, education, marital history, religion, parity, household wealth, and city of residence