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Table 6 Decision making authority of woman, Husband and Family member’s attitude towards family planning and Unmet need by Young Married Women in slums, UP, India

From: Unmet need for family planning services among young married women (15–24 years) living in urban slums of India

CHARACTERISTICS

TOTAL

WOMEN

(n = 362)

(%)

UNMET NEED

CRUDE ODDS RATIO(95%CI)

ADJUSTED ODDS RATIO(95%CI)

YES

(n = 296)

(%)

NO

(n = 66)

(%)

Autonomy Status [23]

 Has autonomy

40 [11.1]

27 (67.5) [9.1]

13 (32.5) [19.7]

0.251 (0.107–0.589)**

0.276 (0.084–0.909)*

 Has some autonomy

183 [50.5]

145 (79.2) [49.0]

38 (20.8) [57.6]

0.462 (0.242–0.879)*

0.454 (0.191–1.082)

 Has no autonomy (Reference)

139 [38.4]

124 (89.2) [41.9]

15 (10.8) [22.7]

  

Husband’s Attitude towards Family Planning

 Favourable

58 [16.1]

41 (70.7) [13.9]

17 (29.3) [25.8]

0.417 (0.221–0.787)*

0.299 (0.104–0.861)*

 Unfavourable (Reference)

304 [83.9]

255 (83.9) [86.1]

49 (16.1) [74.2]

  

Discussed family planning with anyone

 Yes (Reference)

117 [32.3]

98 (83.8) [33.1]

19 (16.2) [28.8]

  

 No

245 [67.7]

198 (80.8) [66.9]

47 (19.2) [71.2]

0.817 (0.455–1.466)

Motivated for adoption of family planning methods

52 [14.4]

41 (78.8) [13.9]

11 (21.2) [16.7]

0.804 (0.389–1.662)

 Motivated by Husband/ Other family members / Friends / Relatives

43 [11.9]

29 (67.4) [9.8]

14 (32.6) [21.2]

0.481 (0.225–1.032)

 Motivated by Health care provider

32 [8.8]

25 (78.1) [8.4]

7 (21.9) [10.6]

0.893 (0.225–3.547)

Opposition to Contraceptive use by anyone

 Yes

42 [11.6]

40 (95.2) [13.5]

2 (4.8) [3.0]

5.000 (1.177–21.237)*

7.358 (1.327–40.798)*

 No (Reference)

320 [88.4]

256 (80.0) [86.5]

64 (20.0) [97.0]

  
  1. (Row %) [Column%]*p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.001