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Table 3 Exposure to family planning messages and utilization of modern contraceptives among young women in Sierra Leone

From: Association between exposure to family planning messages on different mass media channels and the utilization of modern contraceptives among young women in Sierra Leone: insights from the 2019 Sierra Leone Demographic Health Survey

Characteristics

Crude model cOR (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted model I aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted model II aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Heard messages on radio

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

 

0.008

No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Yes

1.63 (1.38–1.91)

 

1.56 (1.33–1.84)

 

1.26 (1.06–1.50)

 

Heard messages on TV

 

0.098

 

0.127

 

0.333

No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Yes

1.26 (0.96–1.65)

 

0.79 (0.59–1.07)

 

0.86 (0.63–1.17)

 

Messages in newspapers

 

0.114

 

0.611

 

0.536

No

1

 

1

 

1

 

Yes

1.50 (0.91–2.49)

 

0.86 (0.48–1.53)

 

0.83 (0.46–1.50)

 

Read messages on phone

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  

No

1

 

1

 

1

0.002

Yes

2.63 (1.90–3.65)

 

2.34 (1.64–3.35)

 

1.84 (1.25–2.69)

 

Access to internet

 

 < 0.001

    

No

1

   

1

 < 0.001

Yes

1.88 (1.57–2.24)

   

1.45 (1.19–1.78)

 

Age

 

 < 0.001

   

 < 0.001

15–9

1

   

1

 

20–24

1.60 (1.39–1.85)

   

1.75 (1.46–2.10)

 

Residence

 

0.025

   

0.082

Rural

1

   

1

 

Urban

1.20 (1.02–1.41)

   

1.26 (0.97–1.63)

 

Region

      

Western

1

   

1

 

Southern

1.33 (1.05–1.69)

0.018

  

2.11 (1.61–2.79)

 < 0.001

Northwestern

1.19 (0.92–1.54)

0.194

  

1.87 (1.39–2.52)

 < 0.001

Northern

1.53 (1.19–1.97)

0.001

  

2.11 (1.59–2.82)

 < 0.001

Eastern

1.27 (1.01–1.59)

0.039

  

1.68 (1.27–2.22)

 < 0.001

Religion

 

0.001

   

0.221

Islam

1

   

1

 

Christianity and others

1.31 (1.12–1.52)

   

1.11 (0.94–1.30)

 

Sex household head

 

0.001

   

0.732

Male

1

   

1

 

Female

1.29 (1.11–1.51)

   

1.03 (0.87–1.22)

 

Working status

 

0.008

   

 < 0.001

Not working

1

   

1

 

Working

1.20 (1.05–1.38)

   

1.49 (1.27–1.74)

 

Education level

No education

1

   

1

 

Primary education

1.18 (0.87–1.59)

0.288

  

1.19 (0.87–1.62)

0.280

Secondary education

2.89 (2.34–3.57)

 < 0.001

  

2.83 (2.20–3.64)

 < 0.001

Tertiary

4.18 (2.55–6.84)

 < 0.001

  

3.35 (1.83–6.13)

 < 0.001

Wealth index

Poorest

1

   

1

 

Poorer

1.14 (0.82–1.57)

0.436

  

1.07 (0.78–1.47)

0.659

Middle

1.51 (1.13–2.03)

0.006

  

1.15 (0.87–1.51)

0.320

Richer

1.67 (1.24–2.24)

0.001

  

0.95 (0.66–1.35)

0.757

Richest

1.18 (0.87–1.60)

0.295

  

0.71 (0.47–1.08)

0.108

Facility visit within 12 months

 

 < 0.001

   

0.004

No

1

   

1

 

Yes

1.41 (1.22–1.64)

   

1.34 (1.10–1.63)

 

Visited by field health worker

 

 < 0.001

   

0.150

No

1

   

1

 

Yes

1.43 (1.20–1.70)

   

1.16 (0.95–1.41)

 

Permission to access healthcare

 

0.033

   

0.939

Big problem

1

   

1

 

Not big problem

1.22 (1.02–1.47)

   

1.01 (0.82–1.25)

 

Distance to health facility

 

0.005

   

0.077

Big problem

1

   

1

 

Not big problem

1.26 (1.07–1.48)

   

1.19 (0.98–1.45)

 

Marital status

 

 < 0.001

   

 < 0.001

Not married

1

   

1

 

Married

0.53 (0.45–0.63)

   

0.33 (0.26–0.42)

 

Parity

0

1

     

1

1.21(1.02–1.43)

0.025

  

1.34 (1.09–1.65)

0.005

Above 1

1.02(0.85–1.25)

0.799

  

1.57 (1.19–2.08)

0.001

  1. Bold: significant at p-value < 0.05
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