Determinants of contraceptive decision making among married women in Sub-Saharan Africa from the recent Demographic and Health Survey data

Table 3 Weighted percentage of selected characteristics and contraceptive decision-making using the recent DHS data in SSA, 2021

Characteristics	Decision-maker to use contraceptive			Total	Significant
Characteristics	Mother only	Husband only	Joint	Total	Significant
Maternal age
15–19	636	333	1914	2883	0.00
20–35	12,318	4991	34,551	51,859
36–49	6491	2228	16,020	24,740
Maternal educational
No education	5003	1889	9016	15,908
Praimary	6848	2859	22,427	32,134	0.00
Secondary	6462	2421	17,411	26,294
Higher	1131	383	3632	5146
Residence
Urban	9178	3169	20,902	33,249	0.00
Rural	10,266	4383	31,584	46,233
Maternal occupation
No worke	5134	2469	12,541	20,144	0.00
Have worke	14,663	5569	39,466	59,698
Duration of marriage
< 10 years	7714	3304	23,154	34,172	0.00
≥ 10 years	11,731	4248	29,331	45,310
Beating is justifiable
No	13,336	5127	38,448	59,490	0.09
Yes	5516	2241	12,595	20,352
Husband educational status
No education	4819	1569	7828	14,216
Primary	5606	2370	19,296	27,272	0.08
Secondary	7031	2823	19,233	29,087
Higher	1979	806	6122	8907
Husband occupation
No work	956	494	2457	3907	0.31
Have work	18,617	7401	49,917	75,935
Family members
< 6	9510	3608	27,614	40,743
6–10	8093	3224	21,997	33,314	0.6
> 10	1842	720	2874	5436
Family income
Poorest	2676	1132	7277	11,085
Poorer	3201	1338	8823	13,362
Middle	3798	1583	10,658	16,039	0.00
Richer	4549	1697	11,325	17,571
Richest	5221	1803	14,401	21,425
Country income
Low income	10,801	4386	33,810	48,997
Lower middle income	6443	2519	16,220	25,182	0.00
Upper middle income	2200	646	2457	5303
Sub-regions
East Africa	8731	3538	33,975	46,244
Centeral africa	2195	856	4674	7725	0.20
South africa	1593	557	3121	5271
West Africa	6925	2600	10,717	20,242

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