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Table 4 Odds ratios of the method of modern contraception used among current users of modern contraception

From: Relationship between women’s decision-making power over their own health care and use of modern contraception in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis

 

Adjusted OR*a,b

[95% CI]

(n = 736)

Decision maker for respondent’s health care

 

 Partner alone

1.00

 Respondent and partner

0.81 [0.47, 1.39]

 Respondent alone

1.06 [0.58, 1.94]

Province of Residence

 

 Kinshasa

1.00

 Bandundu

0.16 [0.06, 0.48]

 Bas-Congo

0.22 [0.09, 0.54]

 Equateur

0.28 [0.10, 0.79]

 Kasai-Occidental

1.45 [0.42, 4.98]

 Kasai-Oriental

0.53 [0.20, 1.43]

 Katanga

0.12 [0.04, 0.40]

 Maniema

2.59 [0.53, 12.61]

 Nord-Kivu

3.82 [1.23, 11.87]

 Orientale

0.60 [0.28, 1.29]

 Sud-Kivu

6.07 [1.27, 28.93]

Age

 

 15–19

1.00

 20–24

2.95 [0.86, 10.13]

 25–29

2.92 [0.94, 9.09]

 30–34

4.22 [1.21, 14.69]

 35–39

6.01 [1.42, 25.36]

 40–44

12.67 [3.08, 52.13]

 45–49

9.28 [1.46, 58.97]

Number of Children

 

 Less than three

1.00

 Three to five

2.01 [1.06, 3.82]

 More than five

2.25 [0.92, 5.49]

  1. OR is odds ratio; CI is confidence interval; For the adjusted OR, a complex sample plan was used to weight data and control for sampling method. Women that reported using an “other modern method” were excluded because of the inability to differentiate what type of method was used
  2. Bold = significant at p < 0.05
  3. *Model controls for province of residence, age, and number of children
  4. aSubpopulation of women who reported current use of MC were included in this analysis; Male method of modern contraception = male condom; Female method of modern contraception = female sterilization, IUD, implants/Norplant, injectables, pill, female condom, spermicides, foams, jellies, diaphragm, the morning after pill and the cycle necklace
  5. bReference category of the dependent variable is use of a male method of contraception