Levels, patterns and determinants of using reversible contraceptives for limiting family planning in India: evidence from National Family Health Survey, 2015–16

Table 4 Patterns of contraceptive method-mix among the currently married women (15–49 years) who satisfied limiting demand, India 2015–16 (n = 245,940)

Background characteristics	n	Modern contraception (%)		Tradition contraception (%)	Chi² significance test
Background characteristics	n	Permanent	Reversible	Tradition contraception (%)	Chi² significance test
Age group
15–19	474	34.3	49.1	16.6	P < 0.001
20–24	12,245	60.2	29.8	10.0
25–29	39,672	67.0	23.8	9.2
30–34	52,867	70.4	20.4	9.2
35 and above	140,683	81.2	10.6	8.2
Parity
0	442	53.9	28.5	17.7	P < 0.001
1	14,605	39.1	40.0	20.9
2	105,798	76.1	16.8	7.1
3	66,988	81.4	12.0	6.6
4+	58,108	76.7	12.4	10.9
Have at least one son
Yes	223,523	76.2	15.3	8.5	P < 0.001
No	22,418	67.6	21.5	10.9
Years of schooling
No education	88,265	82.7	9.2	8.2	P < 0.001
1–5 years	39,356	78.9	13.3	7.8
6–10 years	82,296	73.1	18.2	8.8
11 and above years	36,023	59.3	29.9	10.9
Wealth status
Poorest	35,697	76.3	12.4	11.3	P < 0.001
Poorer	47,115	76.3	14.3	9.4
Middle	53,211	79.6	12.6	7.7
Richer	55,377	77.6	15.0	7.4
Richest	54,540	67.7	23.6	8.7
Religion
Hindu	205,862	78.0	13.8	8.2	P < 0.001
Muslim	25,417	55.4	30.6	14.0
Christians	5302	86.8	8.6	4.6
Others	9360	67.5	24.8	7.7
Social group
General	58,584	65.9	23.6	10.5	P < 0.001
Other backward class	105,396	79.5	12.6	7.9
Scheduled caste	51,352	78.3	13.4	8.3
Scheduled tribe	20,699	83.7	10.1	6.2
Don’t know	9910	56.0	30.1	13.9
Mass media exposure
No	85,321	77.4	12.8	9.7	P < 0.001
Yes	160,620	74.4	17.5	8.2
Place of resident
Urban	86,860	70.8	20.5	8.7	P < 0.001
Rural	159,081	78.0	13.4	8.7
Region
North	37,346	65.9	25.2	9.0	P < 0.001
Central	49,871	63.5	19.3	17.3
East	48,137	64.4	22.8	12.8
North East	5997	28.5	45.4	26.1
West	39,469	84.1	12.6	3.3
South	65,121	97.2	2.1	0.7
India	245,940	75.4	15.9	8.7

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