From: Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe
Overall | Intended pregnancy | Unintended pregnancy | p-valueb | |
---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Total | 10,224 (100) | 7008 (100) | 3215 (100) | |
Age (mean, SE) | (26.8, 0.10) | (26.8, 0.11) | (26.6, 0.11) | 0.08 |
Education | < 0.01* | |||
No school | 174 (1.7) | 125 (1.8) | 49 (1.5) | |
Primary school | 2301 (22.8) | 1546 (22.1) | 781 (24.3) | |
Some secondary | 2714 (26.9) | 1819 (26.0) | 934 (29.1) | |
Grade “O” and above | 4902 (48.6) | 3516 (50.2) | 1451 (45.1) | |
Ethnicity | <.01* | |||
Shona | 8847 (87.7) | 6285 (89.7) | 2675 (83.2) | |
Ndebele | 611 (6.1) | 333 (4.8) | 291 (9.1) | |
Kalanga | 90 (0.9) | 55 (0.8) | 36 (1.1) | |
Other | 542 (5.4) | 334 (4.8) | 213 (6.6) | |
Marital status | <.01* | |||
Married and cohabitating | 8108 (80.4) | 5891 (84.1) | 2311 (71.9) | |
Married but not cohabitating | 1179 (11.7) | 799 (11.4) | 402 (12.5) | |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 99 (1.0) | 278 (4.0) | 364 (11.3) | |
Never married | 175 (1.7) | 40 (0.6) | 138 (4.3) | |
Parity (mean, SE) | (2.6, 0.05) | (2.5, 0.05) | (2.7, 0.05) | <.01* |
Province | <.01* | |||
Harare | 3550 (35.2) | 2438 (34.8) | 1143 (35.6) | |
Manicaland | 2796 (27.7) | 2059 (29.4) | 776 (24.1) | |
Mashonaland Central | 1545 (15.3) | 1096 (15.7) | 472 (14.7) | |
Mashonaland West | 1389 (13.8) | 958 (13.7) | 451 (14.0) | |
Matabeleland South | 810 (8.0) | 457 (6.5) | 372 (11.6) | |
Number of ANC visits (mean, SE) | (4.8, 0.08) | (4.9, 0.07) | (4.4, 0.09) | <.01* |
Asset index | 0.27 | |||
1st quartile | 2125 (20.8) | 1417 (20.2) | 708 (22.0) | |
2nd quartile | 1988 (19.4) | 1372 (19.6) | 616 (19.1) | |
3rd quartile | 2289 (22.4) | 1563 (22.3) | 727 (22.6) | |
4th quartile | 3821 (37.4) | 2656 (37.9) | 1165 (36.2) | |
HIV status | <.01* | |||
Positive | 958 (9.4) | 545 (7.8) | 448 (13.9) | |
Negative or unknown | 9265 (90.6) | 6463 (91.7) | 2767 (86.4) | |
LARC available at the local clinic | 6173 (60.4) | 4170 (59.5) | 2003 (62.3) | 0.05* |