Socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use among female adolescents in south Asian countries: a decomposition analysis

Table 2 Bivariate association of currently married female adolescents and contraceptive use in selected south Asian countries by various background characteristics, DHS

Background characteristics	India	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Nepal
Age (years)
15–19	9.96*	46.74*	6.89*	14.48*
20–24	23.56*	54.55*	14.88*	23.95*
Place of residence
Urban	24.13*	57.20*	18.15*	22.93*
Rural	19.92*	49.42*	11.30*	18.99*
Education
No education	16.06*	50.68	8.55*	15.93
Primary	23.08*	52.19	15.98*	20.42
Secondary	22.50*	51.07	19.80*	22.67
Higher	18.43*	52.89	15.31*	23.11
Religion
Hindu	20.69*	56.05	NA	21.28*
Muslim	23.31*	51.29	NA	7.23*
Others	22.28*	46.93	NA	31.11*
Wealth index
Poorest	15.39*	50.20	6.68*	22.53
Poorer	20.47*	51.55	10.73*	22.79
Middle	22.28*	51.78	13.89*	18.72
Richer	24.06*	52.05	17.59*	19.65
Richest	24.16*	52.01	19.85*	23.90
Working status
No	21.03*	48.99*	13.43	17.73*
Yes	26.93*	60.57*	11.67	25.36*
Age at first sex (years)
≥ 14	32.22*	58.30*	NA	28.70*
15–17	25.13*	50.27*	NA	19.77*
≤ 18	17.45*	51.54*	NA	21.08*
No. of living children
0	5.51*	25.11*	0.53*	8.49*
1	20.66*	59.46*	14.59*	23.78*
2	41.96*	66.40*	25.27*	31.59*
3 and above	42.40*	59.31*	27.99*	41.99*
Husband's education
No education	18.87*	53.54	10.85*	15.49
Primary	26.62*	52.17	11.48*	22.52
Secondary	21.78*	49.68	12.90*	21.23
Higher	19.65*	53.15	20.63*	22.12
Media Exposure
No	13.66*	48.42*	5.99*	14.07*
Yes	22.97*	53.04*	15.71*	22.60*
Visited by FP worker
No	NA	49.82*	11.53*	17.54*
Yes	NA	57.87*	20.33*	25.57*

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