Table 3 Use of contraceptive methods according to socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent girls aged 15–19 from Kinshasa and Kongo Central provinces, DRC (n = 943)**

Age Group (years)

.395

.109

.438

15–17

129 (42.0)

67 (38.1)

159 (42.5)

37 (33.9)

165 (39.8)

30 (44.8)

18–19

178 (58.0)

109 (61.9)

215 (57.5)

72 (66.1)

250 (60.2)

37 (55.2)

Knowledge of FP methods

 < .001^*

 < .001^*

.002^*

Poor

80 (26.1)

4 (2.3)

83 (22.1)

1 (0.9)

81 (19.5)

3 (4.4)

High

227 (73.9)

172 (97.7)

292 (77.9)

107 (99.1)

334 (80.5)

65 (95.6)

Education status

.002^*

.113

.022^*

Low

105 (34.2)

37 (21.0)

116 (31.0)

25 (23.1)

130 (31.3)

12 (17.6)

High

202 (65.8)

139 (79.0)

258 (69.0)

83 (76.9)

286 (68.8)

56 (82.4)

Marital status

.186

.930

.087

Single / widowed / divorced

203 (66.3)

127 (72.2)

255 (68.4)

75 (68.8)

278 (67.1)

52 (77.6)

Married/ living as a couple

103 (33.7)

49 (27.8)

118 (31.6)

34 (31.2)

136 (32.9)

15 (22.4)

Religion

.017^*

.527

.007^*

Christian

259 (84.4)

133 (75.6)

306 (81.6)

86 (78.9)

345 (82.9)

47 (69.1)

Non- Christian

48 (15.6)

43 (24.4)

69 (18.4)

23 (21.1)

71 (17.1)

21 (30.9)

Already given birth

.039^*

.462

.046^*

No

218 (71.0)

140 (79.5)

275 (73.3)

83 (76.9)

301 (72.4)

57 (83.8)

Yes

89 (29.0)

36 (20.5)

100 (26.7)

25 (23.7)

115 (27.6)

11 (16.2)

Household income

.008^*

.002^*

.938

Low

128 (41.7)

52 (29.5)

153 (40.8)

27 (24.8)

155 (37.3)

25 (36.8)

High

179 (58.3)

124 (70.5)

222 (59.2)

82 (75.2)

261 (62.7)

43 (63.2)

Provinces

 < .001^*

.065

 < .001^*

Kongo Central

253 (82.4)

95 (54.0)

278 (74.1)

71 (65.1)

324 (77.9)

25 (36.8)

Kinshasa

54 (17.6)

81 (46.0)

97 (25.9)

38 (34.9)

92 (22.1)

43 (63.2)