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Table 4 Independent predictors of modern contraceptive utilization among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia, 2016

From: Modern contraceptive utilization and associated factors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from 2016 Ethiopia demographic and health survey

Characteristics

Category

Frequency (%)

COR (95%CI)

AOR (95% CI)

Age of respondent

15–19

3498 (22.3)

.308 (.258,.369)

1.911 (1.301,2.806)*

20–24

2903 (18.5)

1.517 (1.321,1.744)

2.389 (1.853,3.081) *

25–29

2845 (18.1)

1.969 (1.718,2.256)

2.196 (1.782,2.706) *

30–34

2241 (14.3)

1.960 (1.700,2.261)

1.938 (1.589,2.363) *

35–39

1917 (12.2)

1.588 (1.366,1.847)

1.797 (1.464,2.207) *

40+

2279 (14.5)

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Residence

Urban

5348 (34.1)

1.325 (1.223,1.435)

1.512 (1.204,1.900) *

rural

10,335 (65.9)

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Region

Tigray

1682 (10.7)

1.092 (.932,1.280)

1.370 (1.041,1.804) *

Afar

1128 (7.2)

.277 (.215,.357)

.446 (.310,.643) *

Amhara

1719 (11.0)

1.863 (1.604,2.163)

2.890 (2.181,3.831) *

Oromia

1892 (12.1)

.945 (.808,1.106)

1.294 (.986,1.699)

Somali

1391 (8.9)

.036 (.021,.062) *

.070 (.038,.130) *

Benishangul

1126 (7.2)

1.002 (.837,1.199)

1.252 (.925,1.694)

SNNPR

1849 (11.8)

1.295 (1.113,1.508)

1.951 (1.484,2.565) *

Gambela

1035 (6.6)

.973 (.808,1.171)

1.103 (.824,1.478)

Harari

906 (5.8)

.888 (.729,1.082)

.777 (.584,1.034)

Dire Dawa

1131 (7.2)

.751 (.621,.908)

.761 (.573,1.011)

Addis Adaba

1824 (11.6)

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Respondent’s Occupation

Not working

8045 (51.3)

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Professional/technical/managerial

494 (3.1)

.616 (.487,.779)

1.095 (.745,1.608)

Clerical

211 (1.3)

1.127 (.833,1.526)

1.287 (.739,2.240)

Sales

2495 (15.9)

1.037 (.705,1.525)

1.336 (1.136,1.572) *

Agricultural - employee

2637 (16.8)

1.011 (.791,1.293)

1.192 (1.022,1.390) *

Services

528 (3.4)

.971 (.760,1.240)

1.229 (.868,1.740)

Skilled manual

593 (3.8)

.832 (.611,1.134)

1.425 (1.085,1.872) *

Unskilled manual

279 (1.8)

1.263 (.946,1.686)

1.382 (.858,2.227)

Others

401 (2.6)

.759 (.523,1.102)

1.570 (1.085,2.271) *

Total children ever born

No child

5409 (34.5)

.299 (.263,.341)

1.711 (1.168,2.505) *

1–2

3678 (23.5)

2.115 (1.906,2.347)

1.331 (1.039,1.706) *

3–4

2683 (17.1)

1.667 (1.486,1.869)

1.421 (1.123, 2.341) *

5 and above

3913 (25.0)

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Number of living children

No child

5539 (38.4)

.268 (.232,.311)

.255 (.117,.556) *

1–2

3983 (27.6)

1.827 (1.613,2.070)

.658 (.455,.952) *

3–4

2930 (20.2)

1.347 (1.179,1.539)

.792 (.616,1.018)

5 and above

1990 (13.8)

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Husband’s education

not educated

4524 (46.1)

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primary

3054 (31.1)

.404 (.349,.467)

1.347 (1.173,1.546) *

secondary

1226 (12.5)

.937 (.809,1.084)

1.069 (.872,1.309)

higher

1020 (10.4)

1.004 (.847,1.191)

.956 (.749,1.221)

Age at firs sex

less 18 year

7591 (63.5)

1.535 (1.192,1.978)

1.582 (1.054,2.373) *

18–24 year

3961 (33.1)

1.716 (1.326,2.219)

1.428 (.964,2116)

25 and above

410 (3.4)

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Husband’s desire for children

Both want the same

3894 (39.8)

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Husband wants more

2641 (27.0)

1.612 (1.444,1.800)

.749 (.653,.860) *

Husband wants fewer

634 (6.5)

.898 (.792,1.019)

.949 (.770,1.170)

Don’t know

2626 (26.8)

1.645 (1.367,1.980)

.677 (.590,.776) *

Wealth index

Poorest

3894 (24.8)

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Poorer

2046 (13.1)

.278 (.245,.316)

1.929 (1.580,2.356) *

Middle

2002 (12.8)

.813 (.719,.918)

2.471 (2.021,3.022) *

Richer

2042 (13.0)

.995 (.884,)

3.034 (2.471,3.726) *

Richest

5699 (36.3)

1.086 (.968,1.219)

3.462 (2672,4.485) *

Frequency of watching TV

Not at all

10,084 (64.3)

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Less than once a week

1780 (11.3)

.675 (.618,.739)

1.259 (1.036,1.531) *

At least once a week

3819 (24.4)

1.019 (.895,1.161)

1.368 (1.110,1.687) *

  1. 1 Reference
  2. *Statistically significant