Table 2 Distribution of study characteristics by contraceptive use
From: Association between history of abortion and current use of contraceptives among Mongolian Women
Variables | Current contraceptive use | P valuec | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
n = 4347 | % | n = 4026 | % | ||
Age (years) | < 0.001 | ||||
15–19 | 20 | 0.46 | 50 | 1.24 | |
20–24 | 275 | 6.33 | 314 | 7.8 | |
25–34 | 1761 | 40.51 | 1302 | 32.34 | |
35+ | 2291 | 52.7 | 2360 | 58.62 | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||||
Currently married | 4001 | 92.04 | 3245 | 80.62 | |
Formerly married/divorced | 234 | 5.38 | 536 | 13.32 | |
Never married | 112 | 2.58 | 244 | 6.06 | |
Highest educational level | < 0.001 | ||||
Lower/upper secondary school | 2100 | 49.35 | 1731 | 43.8 | |
Vocational/training center | 587 | 13.8 | 598 | 15.13 | |
University/institute/college | 1568 | 36.85 | 1623 | 41.07 | |
Age at first marriage (years) | < 0.001 | ||||
10–19 | 1240 | 29.28 | 1162 | 30.73 | |
20–29 | 2834 | 66.92 | 2407 | 63.66 | |
30+ | 161 | 3.8 | 212 | 5.61 | |
Currently pregnant | |||||
Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
No | 4333 | 100 | 4000 | 100 | |
Ever given birth | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 4322 | 99.42 | 3914 | 97.22 | |
No | 25 | 0.58 | 112 | 2.78 | |
Alcohol use | 0.6720 | ||||
Yes | 3310 | 76.2 | 3082 | 76.59 | |
No | 1034 | 23.8 | 942 | 23.41 | |
Age at first use of alcohol | 0.0655 | ||||
10–19 | 37 | 1.12 | 34 | 1.1 | |
20–29 | 754 | 22.78 | 701 | 22.74 | |
30+ | 2112 | 63.81 | 1899 | 61.62 | |
Never | 407 | 12.3 | 448 | 14.54 | |
Total number of children | < 0.001 | ||||
Less or equal 2 | 24 | 0.55 | 109 | 2.71 | |
Less or equal 4 | 2077 | 47.78 | 2159 | 53.63 | |
Equal or more than 5 | 1904 | 43.8 | 1460 | 36.26 | |
None | 342 | 7.87 | 298 | 7.4 | |
Age of husband (years) | 0.0003 | ||||
15–24 | 135 | 3.37 | 158 | 4.87 | |
25–34 | 1438 | 35.94 | 1063 | 32.76 | |
35+ | 2428 | 60.68 | 2024 | 62.37 | |
Area of residence | < 0.001 | ||||
Urban | 1978 | 45.5 | 2278 | 56.58 | |
Rural | 2369 | 54.5 | 1748 | 43.42 | |
Region of origin | < 0.001 | ||||
Khangai | 1128 | 25.95 | 1017 | 25.26 | |
Central | 1020 | 23.46 | 754 | 18.73 | |
Eastern | 663 | 15.25 | 675 | 16.77 | |
Ulaanbaatar | 653 | 15.02 | 531 | 13.19 | |
Western | 883 | 20.31 | 1049 | 26.06 | |
Ethnicity | 0.1291 | ||||
Khalkh | 3337 | 77.19 | 3141 | 78.19 | |
Kazakh | 421 | 9.74 | 340 | 8.46 | |
Other | 565 | 13.07 | 536 | 13.34 | |
Religion | |||||
Buddhist | 1756 | 40.51 | 1623 | 40.48 | 0.1392 |
Islam | 2060 | 47.52 | 1903 | 47.47 | |
Other | 369 | 8.51 | 310 | 7.73 | |
No religion | 150 | 3.46 | 173 | 4.32 | |
Wealth Index Score | |||||
Richest | 1472 | 33.86 | 1026 | 1026 | < 0.001 |
Fourth | 1011 | 23.26 | 933 | 933 | |
Middle | 752 | 17.3 | 839 | 839 | |
Second | 657 | 15.11 | 724 | 724 | |
Poorest | 455 | 10.47 | 504 | 504 | |