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Table 6 Bivariate association of sociodemographic factors with contraceptive uptake among women in immediate postpartum period at Kawempe Hospital

From: Contraceptive uptake and associated factors among women in the immediate postpartum period at Kawempe Hospital

Variable

Contraceptive uptake

cOR

95% CI

p value

n(%)

95% CI for proportion

Age

 18–24 years

22 (11.6)

7.8–17.1

1

  

 25–34 years

28 (17.6)

12.4–24.4

1.62

0.89–2.97

0.116

 35 years and above

11 (22.4)

12.8–36.4

2.19

0.98–4.91

0.055

Marital status

 Married

52 (15.6)

12.1–19.9

1

  

 Single/divorced/separated/widow

9 (14.1)

7.4–25.0

0.88

0.41–1.90

0.752

Education level

 Primary/none

20 (16.1)

10.6–23.7

1

  

 Secondary

31 (14.0)

10.0–19.3

0.85

0.46–1.56

0.598

 Tertiary

10 (19.2)

10.6–32.4

1.24

0.53––2.87

0.618

Occupation

 Housewife/unemployed

26 (14.7)

10.2–20.7

1

  

 Non professional

26 (16.1)

11.2–22.7

1.12

0.62 -2.02

0.710

 Professional

9 (15.3)

8.1–27.0

1.05

0.46–2.38

0.916

Monthly household income (n = 390)

 10,000/= to 200,000/= 

24 (14.5)

9.9–20.8

1

  

 200,001/= to 500,000/= 

25 (17.5)

12.1–24.6

1.24

0.68–2.29

0.483

 Above 500,000/= 

9 (11.0)

5.8–19.9

0.72

0.32–1.64

0.439

Age of spouse/partner

 19–24 years

9 (18.0)

9.6–31.3

1

  

 25–34 years

25 (11.4)

7.8–16.3

0.58

0.25–1.34

0.206

 35 years and above

26 (20.5)

14.4–28.6

1.18

0.51–2.75

0.693

Education level of spouse/partner

 None or N/A

5 (20.8)

8.8–41.9

1

  

 Primary

11 (14.7)

8.3–24.7

0.65

0.20–2.11

0.477

 Secondary

36 (15.9)

11.6–21.3

0.72

0.25–2.04

0.532

 Tertiary

9 (12.7)

6.7–22.7

0.55

0.16–1.85

0.334

Occupation of spouse/partner

 Non professional

44 (14.9)

11.2–19.4

1

  

 Professional

13 (15.5)

9.2–25.0

1.05

0.54–2.05

0.890

 Unemployed or N/A

4 (23.5)

8.8–49.5

1.76

0.55–5.65

0.341

Spouse involvement in decision making

 No

15 (18.1)

11.1–27.9

1

  

 Yes

46 (14.6)

11.1–19.0

0.78

0.41–1.48

0.443

  1. Bold values indicate variables with p value < 0.2