Contraceptive nonuse among women in Uganda: a comparative assessment of predictors across regions

Otim, Jude

doi:10.1186/s12905-020-01148-6

BMC Women's Health

Table 4 Results from a multivariate logistic regression on contraceptive nonuse and women’s demographic and socio-economic factors across all regions (UDHS 2016)

From: Contraceptive nonuse among women in Uganda: a comparative assessment of predictors across regions

Variables	Regions
	Central		Eastern		Northern		Western
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age
15–19^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
20–24	0.74	0.36–1.51	0.71	0.47–1.07	0.70	0.44–1.12	0.56*	0.32–0.96
25–29	0.58	0.25–1.28	0.56*	0.33–0.94	0.68	0.39–1.16	0.60	0.33–1.09
30–34	0.64	0.26–1.55	0.68	0.39–1.18	0.66	0.37–1.18	0.69	0.36–1.31
35–39	1.39	0.55–3.55	0.89	0.48–1.62	0.80	0.43–1.49	1.10	0.55–2.20
40–44	1.10	0.39–3.08	1.13	0.59–2.12	1.15	0.58–2.24	2.01	0.97–4.16
45–49	2.29	0.77–6.79	1.99	0.96–4.11	2.13*	11.00–4.54	2.48*	1.12–5.48
Educational level
No education^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Primary	0.52**	0.32–0.84	0.44***	0.32–0.61	0.45***	0.35–0.57	0.67**	0.51–0.88
Secondary	0.28***	0.15–0.49	0.34***	0.21–0.51	0.36***	0.23–0.55	0.46***	0.31–0.69
Higher	0.28***	0.13–0.62	0.15***	0.07–0.33	0.20***	0.16–0.56	0.58	0.33–1.12
Religion
Catholics^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Anglican	0.88	0.61–1.27	1.09	0.86–1.38	0.56***	0.44–0.71	0.75*	0.60–0.94
Muslim	0.88	0.58–1.34	1.04	0.76–1.42	1.70**	1.19–2.41	0.77	0.46–1.28
Pentecostal	1.06	0.70–1.62	1.08	0.81–1.47	0.69*	0.49–0.97	1.16	0.84–1.61
Others	1.46	0.63–3.39	0.47*	0.24–0.94	1.21	0.43–3.38	1.57*	1.05–2.34
Age at first marriage
≤ 12^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
13–17	0.76	0.32–1.78	0.72	0.38–1.34	1.43	0.79–2.60	0.62	0.36–1.07
18–24	0.81	0.33–1.96	0.79	0.41–1.52	1.64	0.89–3.03	0.55*	0.31–0.98
25 +	0.46	0.16–1.34	0.88	0.42–1.84	1.35	0.64–2.85	0.48	0.23–1.02
Sexual autonomy
No^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.52**	0.31–0.85	0.87	0.68–1.11	1.09	0.85–1.39	0.80	0.62–1.04
Don’t know	0.24	0.03–1.64	0.74	0.21–2.66	0.44	0.11–1.84	0.51	0.23–1.12
Wealth index
Poorest^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Poorer	0.65	0.28–1.27	0.94	0.73–1.21	0.51***	0.40–0.65	0.55**	0.37–0.80
Middle	0.34**	0.15–0.68	0.91	0.68–1.22	0.33***	0.23–0.47	0.47***	0.32–0.69
Richer	0.42*	0.19–0.81	0.72*	0.52–0.99	0.37***	0.25–0.54	0.37***	0.25–0.56
Richest	0.50	0.20–0.97	0.58*	0.35–0.96	0.42**	0.24–0.72	0.27***	0.16–0.46
Residence
Urban^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Rural	1.38	0.94–2.04	1.40	0.97–2.03	0.99	0.72–1.39	1.34	0.99–1.82
Age at first sex
Below 15^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
15–19	1.05	0.66–1.66	0.12	0.87–1.46	0.92	0.70–1.22	0.74*	0.55–0.98
20–24	1.40	0.70–2.79	1.79	0.46–1.98	0.73	0.47–1.15	0.76	0.49–1.16
25 +	4.01*	1.20–13.40	4.36	0.87–21.73	2.54	0.67–9.60	0.46	0.17–1.22
Age at first birth
Below 15^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
15–19	1.45	0.66–3.20	0.97	0.62–1.52	0.87	0.57–1.34	0.71	0.44–1.16
20–24	2.29	0.94–5.57	1.18	0.70–1.98	1.31	0.81–2.13	0.99	0.58–1.73
25+	3.58*	1.28–10.03	1.35	0.61–3.01	1.16	0.53–2.52	1.25	0.62–2.53
Perception of distance to health facility
A big problem^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Not a big problem	0.88	0.64–1.22	0.94	0.77–1.14	1.08	0.89–1.31	1.01	0.83–1.24
Desire for children
Wants within 2 years^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Wants after 2 years	1.29	0.84–1.99	0.87	0.63–1.19	0.78	0.56–1.07	0.54***	0.39–0.74
Wants, but unsure of timing	1.47	0.57–3.78	1.89	0.89–3.98	0.81	0.25–2.65	0.79	0.35–1.75
Undecided	1.59	0.62–4.11	1.87*	1.05–3.34	0.59	0.30–1.18	0.97	0.57–1.67
Wants no more	0.78	0.45–1.35	0.77	0.54–1.11	0.74	0.52–1.05	0.38***	0.27–0.54
Number of living children
0^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
1	0.15**	0.43–0.49	1.02	0.41–2.46	0.44	0.14–1.35	1.12	0.44–2.86
2	0.04***	0.01–0.14	0.36*	0.22–1.37	0.17**	0.06–0.53	0.39	0.15–1.02
3 +	0.03***	0.00–0.11	0.24**	0.15–0.96	0.10***	0.03–0.32	0.20**	0.08–0.55
Number of children born in the last 5 years
0	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
1	0.53**	0.33–0.84	0.77	0.56–1.07	0.68*	0.50–0.92	0.71*	0.52–0.96
2 +	1.26	0.77–2.06	1.64**	1.17–2.29	1.25	0.88–1.78	2.32***	1.65–3.25
Listen to radio
No^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.76	0.52–1.13	0.90	0.73–1.12	0.95	0.78–1.17	0.63***	0.50–0.80
Watch television
No^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.75	0.51–1.09	1.18	0.87–1.58	1.17	0.85–1.61	0.81	0.60–1.10
Reading of newspaper or magazine
No^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.74	0.51–1.08	1.00	0.73–1.37	0.74	0.50–1.12	0.82	0.56–1.19
Employment status
Unemployed^a	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Employed	1.04	0.73–1.47	0.78*	0.61–0.99	0.88	0.67–1.15	0.75*	0.58–0.96

OR odds Ratio, CI Confidence interval
^*p value < 0.05(moderate), **p value < 0.01 (strong), ***p value < 0.001 (very strong)
^aReference category

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