Table 3 Percentage distribution of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondents by contraceptive nonuse across regions

Age

15–19

679.7 (76.1%)

213.7 (23.9%)

1021.1 (79.2%)

267.5 (20.8%)

971.9 (87.5%)

139.2 (12.5%)

872.2 (85.6%)

147.1 (14.4%)

20–24

329.4 (33.1%)

664.5 (66.9%)

392.1 (38.7%)

622.3 (61.3%)

441.0 (52.8%)

393.9 (47.2%)

388.8 (41.5%)

547.7 (58.5%)

25–29

135.8 (17.2%)

655.2 (82.8%)

161.9 (21.9%)

579.3 (78.1%)

242.6 (36.2%)

426.8 (63.8%)

223.5 (27.3%)

594.1 (72.7%)

30–34

94.4 (16.5%)

478.2 (83.5%)

139.8 (21.4%)

512.2 (78.6%)

222.3 (35.1%)

411.6 (64.9%)

164.1 (23.6%)

532.9 (76.4%)

35–39

96.6 (19.9%)

389.3 (80.1%)

130.1 (25.7%)

375.4 (74.3%)

179.3 (39.4%)

275.7 (60.6%)

150.4 (27.0%)

406.5 (73.0%)

40–44

77.6 (22.9%)

261.2 (77.1%)

151.6 (30.9%)

338.2 (69.1%)

184.0 (47.7%)

201.5 (52.3%)

146.6 (36.1%)

259.5 (63.9%)

45–49

77.7 (31.1%)

171.8 (68.9%)

156.1 (44.9%)

191.4 (55.1%)

179.7 (64.6%)

98.6 (35.4%)

138.6 (40.7%)

202.1 (59.3%)

χ² = 939.3498, p = 0.0000

χ² = 1049.7960, p = 0.0000

χ² = 736.1774, p = 0.0000

χ² = 1006.2228, p = 0.0000

Educational level

No education

81.8 (35.4%)

149.5 (64.6%)

170.7 (48.5%)

181.4 (51.5%)

494.4 (65.8%)

256.7 (34.2%)

253 (45.4%)

304.8 (54.6%)

Primary

652.8 (35.1%)

1209.7 (64.9%)

1351.6 (43.4%)

1764.5 (56.6%)

1607.9 (54.9%)

1323.5 (45.1%)

1326 (44.5%)

1655.7 (55.5%)

Secondary

581.1 (36.0%)

1032.2 (64.0%)

556.5 (43.0%)

736.6 (57.0%)

254.3 (51.4%)

240.9 (48.6%)

482.6 (43.9%)

547.2 (56.1%)

Higher

175.6 (28.4%)

442.5 (71.6%)

73.9 (26.6%)

203.7 (73.4%)

64.1 (33.7%)

126.2 (66.3%)

76.6 (29.6%)

182.1 (70.4%)

χ² = 12.1249, p = 0.0995

χ² = 34.7707, p = 0.0007

χ² = 73.0577, p = 0.0000

χ² = 22.2693, p = 0.0008

Religious status

Catholics

476.8 (31.6%)

1034.2 (68.4%)

623.4 (44.4%)

780.5 (55.6%)

1485 (57.4%)

1102.1 (42.6%)

907.3 (44.6%)

1127.5 (55.4%)

Anglican

379.2 (33.3%)

759.4 (66.7%)

794.2 (43.0%)

1051.4 (57.0%)

468.7 (47.3%)

522.2 (52.7%)

737.3 (40.8%)

1068.1 (59.2%)

Muslim

261.7 (32.9%)

532.5 (67.1%)

342.9 (39.6%)

532.3 (60.4%)

269.3 (65.7%)

140.5 (34.3%)

92.6 (42.4%)

126.0 (57.6%)

Pentecostal

313.1 (42.2%)

429.4 (57.8%)

353.8 (44.3%)

445.3 (55.7%)

183.1 (50.8%)

177.5 (49.2%)

220.1 (46.0%)

258.0 (54.0%)

Others

60.5 (43.6%)

78.3 (56.4%)

38.5 (31.0%)

85.8 (69.0%)

14.6 (74.4%)

5.0 (25.6%)

126.9 (53.5%)

110.2 (46.5%)

χ² = 31.7611, p = 0.0005

χ² = 12.9586, p = 0.0870

χ² = 54.1094, p = 0.0000

χ² = 17.2144, p = 0.0204

Age at first marriage

≤ 12

17.9 (19.9%)

72.4 (80.1%)

50.4 (35.8%)

90.2 (64.2%)

49.8 (41.6%)

69.8 (58.4%)

63.0 (44.4%)

79.0 (55.6%)

13–17

231.0 (20.1%)

919.9 (79.9%)

555.2 (30.7%)

1255.9 (69.3%)

712.5 (41.7%)

994.3 (58.3%)

459.2 (31.1%)

1,015.7 (68.9%)

18–24

316.4 (20.8%)

1203 (79.2%)

460.7 (29.2%)

1117.8 (70.8%)

657.6 (49.0%)

685.3 (51.0%)

542.8 (31.0%)

1,205.4 (69.0%)

25+

316.4 (19.4%)

222.1 (80.6%)

78.3 (32.2%)

164.6 (67.8%)

84.4 (47.5%)

93.4 (52.5%)

79.7 (32.3%)

167.2 (67.7%)

χ² = 0.4413 p = 0.9561

χ² = 3.5023 p = 0.4181

χ² = 16.8430 p = 0.0028

χ² = 11.1670 p = 0.0394

Sexual autonomy

No

44.9 (31.1%)

99.3 (68.9%)

175.7 (35.6%)

317.8 (64.4%)

227.9 (46.6%)

260.9 (53.4%)

168.7 (36.9%)

288.9 (63.1%)

Yes

405.9 (18.7%)

1765.8 (81.3%)

801.8 (29.5%)

1921.1 (70.5%)

1021.3 (44.9%)

1253.9 (55.1%)

738.6 (29.7%)

1750.9 (70.3%)

Don’t know

1.5 (7.7%)

18.5 (92.3%)

6.4 (26.0%)

18.2 (74.0%)

4.4 (29.4%)

10.6 (70.6%)

16.6 (22.5%)

57.3 (77.5%)

χ² = 15.2060, p = 0.0024

χ² = 7.7185, p = 0.0724

χ² = 1.9994, p = 0.4484

χ² = 11.7622, p = 0.0070

Wealth quintile

Poorest

46.6 (42.2%)

63.8 (57.8%)

436.6 (44.4%)

545.8 (55.6%)

1348 (62.0%)

826.4 (38.0%)

246.7 (60.9%)

158.4 (39.1%)

Poorer

142.9 (40.9%)

206.7 (59.1%)

530.9 (43.4%)

693.4 (56.6%)

480.1 (49.8%)

484.5 (50.2%)

476.6 (46.9%)

543.0 (53.1%)

Middle

191.1 (34.4%)

364.5 (65.6%)

484.4 (44.7%)

599.9 (55.3%)

221.7 (47.2%)

247.9 (52.8%)

610.2 (44.4%)

764.5 (55.6%)

Richer

322.2 (34.0%)

626.0 (66.0%)

419.5 (40.7%)

612.0 (59.3%)

206.2 (47.8%)

225.4 (52.2%)

451.6 (38.4%)

723.5 (61.6%)

Richest

788.5 (33.4%)

1572.8 (66.6%)

281.5 (39.3%)

435.2 (60.7%)

164.7 (50.3%)

163.1 (49.7%)

296.0 (37.2%)

500.3 (62.8%)

χ² = 10.5514 p = 0.225

χ² = 8.3496 p = 0.2145

χ² = 77.0443 p.0.0000

χ² = 80.3140 p = 0.0000

Residence

Urban

675.5 (32.5%)

1399.6 (67.5%)

302.4 (37.9%)

495.6 (62.1%)

359.3 (54.9%)

295.3 (45.1%)

389.1 (37.1%)

658.5 (62.9%)

Rural

815.7 (36.3%)

1434.2 (63.7%)

1850.4 (43.6%)

2390.6 (56.4%)

2061.4 (55.5%)

1651.9 (44.5%)

1695.2 (45.5%)

2031.3 (54.5%)

χ² = 6.5424 p = 0.1226

χ² = 9.0415 p = 0.0170

χ² = 0.0884 p = 0.8895

χ² = 23.1874 p = 0.0080

Age at first sex

Not had sex

601.4 (99.1%)

5.6 (0.9%)

703.9 (98.4%)

11.4 (1.6%)

686.7 (99.2%)

5.9 (0.9%)

694.9 (99.6%)

2.5 (0.4%)

Below 15

134.8 (23.3%)

443.8 (76.7%)

341.5 (32.0%)

723.9 (68.0%)

276.2 (45.6%)

330.0 (54.4%)

287.3 (37.4%)

480.1 (62.6%)

15–19

597.5 (23.0%)

1994.2 (77.0%)

1009.4 (34.0%)

1957.2 (66.0%)

1258.3 (46.7%)

1437.1 (53.3%)

917.4 (33.4%)

1831.8 (66.6%)

20–24

136.1 (27.6%)

357.2 (72.4%)

85.0 (31.5%)

185.0 (68.5%)

167.8 (50.7%)

163.4 (49.3%)

160.7 (31.9%)

343.4 (68.1%)

25+

17.5 (35.3%)

32.0 (64.7%)

12.4 (60.3%)

8.2 (39.7%)

30.6 (73.5%)

11.0 (26.5%)

22.5 (41.1%)

32.3 (58.9%)

χ² = 1314.3009 p = 0.0000

χ² = 1064.1139 p = 0.0000

χ² = 651.7632 p = 0.0000

χ² = 1047.4633 p = 0.0000

Age at first birth

Below 15

38.0 (16.4%)

193.4 (83.6%)

87.3 (27.9%)

225.4 (72.1%)

82.1 (37.1%)

139.2 (62.9%)

97.6 (39.1%)

152.1 (60.9%)

15–19

307.2 (18.2%)

1376.8 (81.8%)

698.5 (28.8%)

1723.2 (71.2%)

832.3 (40.5%)

1223.4 (59.5%)

536.2 (27.0%)

1451.2 (73.0%)

20–24

187.0 (19.3%)

780.3 (80.7%)

253.1 (29.6%)

601.4 (70.4%)

431.5 (49.9%)

433.6 (50.1%)

350.7 (30.9%)

784.7 (69.1%)

25+

56.5 (25.8%)

162.8 (74.2%)

55.2 (36.0%)

98.0 (64.0%)

72.9 (52.5%)

66.0 (47.5%)

100.2 (40.5%)

147.4 (59.5%)

χ² = 8.2373 p = 0.1196

χ² = 3.9420 p = 0.3506

χ² = 30.1347 p = 0.0000

χ² = 31.8334 p = 0.0001

Perception of distance to health facility

A big problem

360.3 (32.2%)

757.8 (67.8%)

861.4 (43.3%)

1129.1 (56.7%)

1163.2 (53.8%)

999.0 (46.2%)

845.0 (44.9%)

1039.1 (55.1%)

Not a big problem

1130.9 (35.3%)

2076.0 (64.7%)

1291.4 (42.4%)

1757.1 (57.6%)

1257.5 (57.0%)

948.3 (43.0%)

1239.2 (42.9%)

1650.6 (57.1%)

χ² = 3.3924 p = 0.1179

χ² = 0.4099 p = 0.5777

χ² = 4.5650 p = 0.1119

χ² = 1.7954 p = 0.2951

Desire for children

Wants within 2 years

199.0 (31.5%)

433.1 (68.5%)

200.4 (37.0%)

341.6 (63.0%)

289.9 (60.8%)

187.1 (39.2%)

274.4 (50.1%)

273.0 (49.9%)

Wants after 2 years

571.1 (34.5%)

1084.5 (65.5%)

941.3 (45.9%)

1107.9 (54.1%)

1092.1 (55.9%)

861.6 (44.1%)

847.3 (46.8%)

963.2 (53.2%)

Wants, but unsure of timing

348.2 (67.1%)

170.9 (32.9%)

351.6 (74.6%)

113.8 (24.4%)

303.0 (90.5%)

31.7 (9.5%)

351.3 (78.9%)

93.8 (21.1%)

Undecided

85.3 (47.6%)

94.1 (52.4%)

131.4 (60.9%)

84.3 (39.1%)

102.5 (61.9%)

63.0 (38.1%)

80.1 (44.5%)

99.8 (55.5%)

Wants no more

287.6 (21.5%)

1051.2 (78.5%)

528.1 (29.9%)

1238.6 (70.1%)

633.2 (44.1%)

803.9 (55.9%)

531.2 (29.7%)

1260 (70.3%)

χ² = 360.4156 p = 0.0000

χ² = 368.8890 p = 0.0000

χ² = 250.5904 p = 0.0000

χ² = 384.5077 p = 0.0000

Number of living children

0

919.4 (73.9%)

325.1 (26.1%)

1085.6 (79.9%)

272.7 (20.1%)

1037.8 (91.0%)

102.3 (9.0%)

1015.7 (86.7%)

156.4 (13.3%)

1

195.4 (28.1%)

498.1 (71.8%)

281.9 (45.8%)

333.1 (54.2%)

337.2 (57.7%)

247.6 (42.3%)

293.6 (44.0%)

374.1 (56.0%)

2

97.3 (15.7%)

522.1 (84.3%)

162.7 (26.7%)

446.6 (73.3%)

221.1 (41.6%)

310.3 (58.4%)

199.8 (30.6%)

454.0 (69.4%)

3+

279.1 (15.8%)

1488.6 (84.2%)

622.7 (25.4%)

1834 (74.6%)

824.6 (39.1%)

1287.1 (60.9%)

575.2 (25.2%)

1705.3 (74.8%)

χ² = 1237.2615 p = 0.0000

χ² = 1137.4900 p = 0.0000

χ² = 856.3612 p = 0.0000

χ² = 1241.7939 p = 0.0000

Number of children born in the last 5 years

0

1104.7 (52.3%)

1007.0 (47.7%)

1351.0 (60.8%)

871.4 (39.2%)

1364.3 (74.6%)

465.3 (25.4%)

1306.7 (61.7%)

811.0 (38.3%)

1

218.0 (16.4%)

1110.8 (83.6%)

391.8 (27.2%)

1050.6 (72.8%)

568.5 (38.8%)

896.0 (61.2%)

388.0 (25.5%)

1135.3 (74.5%)

2+

168.6 (19.1%)

716.0 (80.9%)

410.1 (29.8%)

964.3 (70.2%)

487.9 (45.4%)

585.9 (54.6%)

389.5 (34.4%)

743.5 (65.6%)

χ² = 582.6405 p ≤ 0.001

χ² = 532.4315 p ≤ 0.001

χ² = 478.2326 p ≤ 0.001

χ² = 524.9012 p ≤ 0.001

Listen to radio

No

281.0 (41.3%)

399.6 (58.7%)

688.4 (47.5%)

762.4 (52.5%)

927.0 (59.8%)

623.0 (40.2%)

732.1 (56.4%)

566.7(43.6%)

Yes

1210.2 (33.2%)

2434.2 (66.8%)

1464.4 (40.8%)

2123.8 (59.2%)

1493.8 (53.0%)

1324.3 (47.0%)

1352.1 (38.9%)

2123.0 (61.1%)

χ² = 16.6029 p = 0.0020

χ² = 18.6168 p = 0.0001

χ² = 18.7018 p = 0.0021

χ² = 117.1477 p = 0.0000

Watch television

No

634.1 (36.6%)

1098.3 (63.4%)

1640.6 (43.3%)

2152.9 (56.7%)

2071.9 (55.6%)

1656.8 (44.4%)

1663.9 (44.8%)

2051.0 (55.2%)

Yes

857.1 (33.1%)

1735.5 (66.9%)

512.2 (41.1%)

733.4 (58.9%)

348.8 (54.6%)

290.5 (45.5%)

420.3 (39.7%)

638.8 (60.3%)

χ² = 5.7687 p = 0.0621

χ² = 1.7329 p = 0.2971

χ² = 0.2241 p = 0.6942

χ² = 8.7283 p = 0.0346

Reading of newspaper or magazine

No

880.2 (34.7%)

1656.7 (65.3%)

1737.3 (43.1%)

2296.8 (56.9%)

2166.5 (55.7%)

1724.0 (44.3%)

1773.7 (43.9%)

2264.6 (56.1%)

Yes

611.0 (34.2%)

1177.1 (65.8%)

415.5 (41.4%)

589.4 (58.6%)

254.2 (53.2%)

223.3 (46.8%)

310.6 (42.2%)

425.2 (57.8%)

χ² = 0.1270 p = 0.8192

χ² = 0.9696 p = 0.4593

χ² = 1.0307 p = 0.4541

χ² = 0.7420 p = 0.4803

Employment status

Unemployed

611.3 (46.7%)

698.8 (53.3%)

847.4 (60.0%)

566.2 (40.0%)

630.6 (74.8%)

212.5 (25.2%)

842.1 (63.8%)

478.3 (36.2%)

Employed

879.9 (29.2%)

2135 (70.8%)

1305.4 (36.0%)

2320.1 (64.0%)

1790.1 (50.8%)

1734.7 (49.2%)

1242.2 (36.0%)

2211.5 (64.0%)

χ² = 123.4241 p = 0.0000

χ² = 238.2390 p = 0.0000

χ² = 158.7397 p = 0.0000

χ² = 300.3493 p = 0.0000