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Table 2 Percentage distributions of respondents by their contraceptive discontinuations and selected characteristics during the 12-month reference period

From: Intimate partner violence as a factor in contraceptive discontinuation among sexually active married women in Nigeria

Characteristics

Contraceptive Discontinuation not at risk

N (%)

Contraceptive Discontinuation at risk

N (%)

Total

N (%)

Total

1071 (79.89)

270 (20.11)

1341 (100.0%)

IPV

 Never Experienced IPV

815 (76.09)

193 (71.70)

1008 (75.21)

 Experienced IPV

256 (23.91)

77 (28.30)

333 (24.79)

Education

 No Education

60 (5.62)

7 (2.33)

66 (4.95)

 Primary

237 (22.11)

79 (29.25)

316 (23.55)

 Secondary

549 (51.23)

130 (48.35)

679 (50.65)

 Tertiary

225 (21.04)

54 (20.08)

280 (20.85)

Employment*

 Working

207 (19.46)

23 (8.68)

230 (17.28)

 Not working

856 (80.54)

246 (91.32)

1102 (82.72)

Husband’s age

 20–29

87 (8.10)

16 (5.94)

103 (7.67)

 30–39

543 (50.73)

81 (30.11)

624 (46.58)

 40–49

342 (31.92)

125 (46.53)

467 (34.86)

 50–59

75 (6.98)

33 (12.15)

108 (8.02)

 60 and above

24 (2.27)

14 (5.27)

38 (2.87)

Number of living children

 None

1 (0.09)

6 (2.12)

7 (0.50)

 1–4

870 (81.20)

186 (68.90)

1055 (78.73)

 5 and above

200 (18.71)

78 (28.98)

279 (20.77)

Marital duration

 0–4

210 (19.59)

25 (9.42)

235 (17.55)

 5–9

377 (35.17)

61 (22.43)

437 (32.61)

 10–14

270 (25.20)

73 (27.13)

343 (25.59)

 15–19

142 (13.25)

62 (23.09)

204 (15.23)

 20 and above

73 (6.78)

48 (17.94)

121 (9.03)

  1. *Missing values excluded