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Table 1 Sociodemographic profile of women of reproductive age who reported on unmet need for Family Planning in Gambia and Mozambique

From: Determinants of unmet need for family planning in Gambia & Mozambique: implications for women’s health

 

Gambia

Mozambique

N

No unmet need (82.14%)

Has unmet need (17.86%)

N

No unmet need (79.21%)

Has unmet need (20.79%)

Age

      

 15–19

2454

27.05 [25.90, 28.23]

6.76 [5.49, 8.30]

3065

23.04 [22.10, 24.01]

19.31 [17.65, 21.08]

 20–24

2087

21.31 [20.17, 22.50]

17.93 [15.86, 20.21]

2468

17.6 [16.70, 18.53]

18.84 [17.23, 20.57]

 25–29

1750

16.38 [15.31, 17.50]

24.9 [22.42, 27.56]

2340

16.13 [15.31, 16.98]

18.17 [16.59, 19.87]

 30–34

1471

13.64 [12.79, 14.55]

19.73 [17.54, 22.11]

1975

14.26 [13.49, 15.06]

15.59 [14.10, 17.20]

 35–39

1090

9.38 [8.59, 10.23]

14.61 [12.85, 16.56]

1691

11.8 [11.08, 12.57]

14.44 [13.05, 15.95]

 40–44

761

6.76 [5.95, 7.68]

10.67 [8.82, 12.85]

1156

8.37 [7.75, 9.04]

8.66 [7.50, 9.97]

45–49

569

5.47 [4.86, 6.15]

5.41 [4.29, 6.80]

1050

8.8 [8.15, 9.50]

5 [4.12, 6.04]

Residency

      

 Urban

4487

57.56 [51.64, 63.28]

49.08 [42.89, 55.30]

5804

34.62 [31.95, 37.39]

35.14 [31.64, 38.81]

 Rural

5695

42.44 [36.72, 48.36]

50.92 [44.70, 57.11]

7941

65.38 [62.61, 68.05]

64.86 [61.19, 68.36]

Education

      

 No education

5040

43.8 [41.09, 46.55]

58.67 [54.83, 62.41]

3773

31.66 [29.65, 33.74]

29.59 [26.85, 32.50]

 Primary

1434

13.38 [12.23, 14.63]

15.43 [13.25, 17.89]

6774

49.66 [47.88, 51.43]

52.47 [49.77, 55.17]

 Secondary

3260

36.82 [34.50, 39.21]

22.86 [20.13, 25.85]

2943

17.24 [15.69, 18.92]

16.96 [14.79, 19.36]

 Higher

448

6.0 [4.95, 7.25]

3.04 [2.06, 4.46]

255

1.44 [1.02, 2.03]

0.98 [0.62, 1.55]

Occupation

      

 Not working

4939

51.76 [49.18, 54.33]

43.3 [39.44, 47.23]

7448

53.72 [51.79, 55.63]

54.05 [50.95, 57.13]

 Professional/technical/managerial

2403

26.91 [24.46, 29.51]

28.46 [25.11, 32.06]

2645

15.78 [14.65, 16.98]

15.77 [14.17, 17.51]

 Agricultural—self Employed

2780

21.33 [17.96, 25.14]

28.25 [23.99, 32.93]

3652

30.5 [28.34, 32.76]

30.18 [26.76, 33.83]

Wealth index

      

 Poorest

2131

16.61 [14.05, 19.53]

18.93 [15.95, 22.33]

1833

19.04 [17.04, 21.21]

18.34 [15.39, 21.71]

 Poorer

2238

17.64 [15.45, 20.07]

21.76 [18.58, 25.32]

2109

18.57 [17.16, 20.06]

18.52 [16.46, 20.77]

 Middle

1979

18.46 [16.30, 20.83]

20.6 [17.98, 23.49]

2399

18.9 [17.35, 20.56]

18.1 [16.13, 20.25]

 Richer

1703

21.08 [18.52, 23.89]

19.84 [16.49, 23.67]

2946

19.91 [18.19, 21.74]

21.54 [18.99, 24.34]

 Richest

2131

26.21 [22.73, 30.00]

18.86 [15.46, 22.82]

4458

23.59 [21.42, 25.91]

23.5 [20.88, 26.33]

Media access

      

 No

1008

7.62 [6.18, 9.36]

10.46 [8.12, 13.37]

3629

28.17 [26.50, 29.91]

26.05 [23.94, 28.27]

 Yes

9100

92.38 [90.64, 93.82]

89.54 [86.63, 91.88]

10116

71.83 [70.09, 73.50]

73.95 [71.73, 76.06]

Religion

      

 Islam

9866

95.61 [93.26, 97.16]

96.41 [93.16, 98.15]

9997

70.25 [67.77, 72.62]

72.59 [69.48, 75.49]

 Other

304

4.39 [2.84, 6.74]

3.59 [1.85, 6.84]

3748

29.75 [27.38, 32.23]

27.41 [24.51, 30.52]

Sex of household head

      

 Male

7846

75.73 [73.00, 78.28]

82.65 [79.40, 85.49]

8501

64.12 [62.52, 65.69]

66.75 [64.40, 69.01]

 Female

2336

24.27 [21.72, 27.00]

17.35 [14.51, 20.60]

5244

35.88 [34.31, 37.48]

33.25 [30.99, 35.60]

Ever had a terminated pregnancy

      

 No

9230

91.2 [90.09, 92.19]

88.35 [85.94, 90.39]

12423

90.85 [90.02, 91.61]

92.61 [91.35, 93.70]

 Yes

947

8.8 [7.81, 9.91]

11.65 [9.61, 14.06]

1322

9.15 [8.39, 9.98]

7.39 [6.30, 8.65]