Table 4 Factors associated with contraceptive use among urban poor women
From: Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
|  | Factors associated with current use of contraceptive methods (N = 1578) Model 1 | Factors associated with current modern contraceptive methods (N = 844) Model 2 | Factors associated with current modern long-acting reversible methods (N = 490) Model 3 | |||
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Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P-value | |
Partner support of contraceptive related choices | ||||||
No (REF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 4.36 (3.05–6.25) | 0.00 | 0.39 (0.19–0.79) | 0.01 | 0.67 (0.33–1.34) | 0.25 |
Age of women | ||||||
16–19 (REF) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
20–24 | 1.22 (0.35–4.28) | 0.75 | 1.72 (0.39–7.65) | 0.47 | 1.15 (0.16–8.56) | 0.89 |
25–29 | 0.77 (0.24–2.55) | 0.67 | 1.54 (0.37–6.47) | 0.55 | 0.39 (0.05–3.13) | 0.37 |
30–34 | 0.55 (0.15–1.97) | 0.36 | 0.88 (0.21–3.67) | 0.86 | 0.25 (0.03–2.11) | 0.20 |
35–39 | 0.48 (0.13–1.75) | 0.27 | 0.74 (0.16–3.47) | 0.70 | 0.40 (0.04–3.62) | 0.42 |
40–44 | 0.21 (0.06–0.77) | 0.02 | 0.54 (0.11–2.60) | 0.44 | 0.28 (0.03–2.38) | 0.24 |
Educational level of women | ||||||
No education (REF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Primary | 1.06 (0.52–2.16) | 0.88 | 0.68 (0.27–1.70) | 0.40 | 0.65 (0.20–2.16) | 0.48 |
Middle | 1.45 (0.80–2.62) | 0.22 | 0.94 (0.28–2.33) | 0.90 | 0.58 (0.18–1.87) | 0.36 |
Secondary | 1.18 (0.60–2.35) | 0.63 | 1.11 (0.41–3.03) | 0.84 | 1.10 (0.32–3.76) | 0.89 |
Higher | 2.02 (0.94–4.37) | 0.07 | 0.75 (0.26–2.10) | 0.58 | 0.89 (0.21–3.83) | 0.88 |
Religion of women | ||||||
Pentecostal/Charismatic (REF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Protestants | 0.89 (0.54–1.46) | 0.65 | 1.11(0.62–1.99) | 0.72 | 0.80 (0.32–2.00) | 0.63 |
Orthodox | 0.92 (0.50–1.67) | 0.78 | 1.27 (0.56–2.90) | 0.56 | 0.42 (0.15–1.13) | 0.09 |
Other Christians | 1.04 (0.72–1.50) | 0.84 | 0.70 (0.41–1.19) | 0.18 | 0.59 (0.29–1.22) | 0.15 |
Moslem | 0.50 (0.25–1.00) | 0.05 | 0.47 (0.20–1.10) | 0.08 |  |  |
Other | 1.39 (0.48–4.00) | 0.54 | 1.13 (0.39–3.32) | 0.82 | 1.74 (0.73–4.16) | 0.21 |
Ethnicity of women | ||||||
Akan (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ga/Adangme | 0.88 (0.64–1.20) | 0.41 | 1.50(0.94–2.39) | 0.09 | 2.33 (1.24–4.37) | 0.01 |
Ewe | 1.51 (1.06–2.15) | 0.02 | 1.26 (0.78–2.05) | 0.34 | 2.78 (1.40–5.50) | 0.00 |
Mole-Dagbani | 0.92 (0.39–2.18) | 0.84 | 3.53 (1.27–9.80) | 0.02 | 2.37 (0.78–7.20) | 0.13 |
Other Ethnic groups | 0.87 (0.48–1.58) | 0.65 | 2.96 (1.22–7.20) | 0.02 | 1.90 (0.64–5.70) | 0.25 |
Household wealth quintile | ||||||
Poorest (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Poorer | 1.22 (0.73–2.04) | 0.45 | 0.97 (0.46–2.08) | 0.94 | 0.73 (0.29–1.86) | 0.51 |
Middle | 1.69 (1.07–2.66) | 0.02 | 1.52 (0.80–2.91) | 0.20 | 0.43 (0.18–1.06) | 0.07 |
Richer | 1.65 (1.00–2.70) | 0.05 | 1.20 (0.57–2.52) | 0.63 | 0.84 (0.33–2.13) | 0.71 |
Richest | 1.48 (0.76–2.88) | 0.25 | 0.62 (0.24–1.57) | 0.31 | 0.32 (0.07–1.55) | 0.16 |
Children ever born (Parity) | 1.41 (1.27–1.58) | 0.00 | 1.15 (0.96–1.38) | 0.14 | 1.19 (0.96–1.49) | 0.12 |
Employment status of women | ||||||
Unemployed (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Employed | 0.91 (0.59–1.43) | 0.69 | 1.35 (0.72–2.52) | 0.35 | 1.93 (0.90–4.15) | 0.09 |
Health decision-making | ||||||
Respondents only (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Husband/Partner only | 0.65 (0.42–1.00) | 0.05 | 1.86 (0.88–3.94) | 0.11 | 0.62 (0.26–1.49) | 0.28 |
Husband/partner jointly | 0.56 (0.41–0.75) | 0.00 | 3.05 (1.99–4.67) | 0.00 | 1.05 (0.62–1.77) | 0.85 |
Family planning counselling of women | ||||||
Received counselling (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No counselling | 0.98 (0.75–1.28) | 0.86 | 0.76 (0.52–1.11) | 0.15 | 1.05 (0.65–1.69) | 0.84 |
Partner literacy | ||||||
Yes (RF) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 1.39 (0.71–2.70) | 0.34 | 2.43 (0.97–6.10) | 0.06 | 1.21 (0.49–2.97) | 0.68 |
_cons | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.96 |