Variable | Category | Monogamous women (N = 352) | Polygamous women (N = 351) | X2 | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | No | ||||
Current use any modern contraceptive | No | 191 (54.3%) | 200 (57%) | 0.526 | 0.468 |
 | Yes | 161 (45.7%) | 151 (43%) |  |  |
Type of contraceptive method used | Pills (COC, POP) | 27 (16.8%) | 6 (4%) | 29.71 | 0 |
 | Injectable | 93 (57.8%) | 66 (43.7%) |  |  |
 | IUCD | 13 (8.1%) | 24 (15.9%) |  |  |
 | Implants | 28 (17.4%) | 55 (36.4%) |  |  |
Duration of contraceptive use |  < 1 year | 38 (23.6%) | 18 (11.9%) | 16.73 | 0.421 |
 | 1–2 years | 42 (26.1%) | 65 (43%) |  |  |
 | 3–5 years | 40 (24.8%) | 23 (15.2%) |  |  |
 | 6–10 years | 20 (12.4%) | 24 (15.9%) |  |  |
 |  > 10 years | 21 (13.0%) | 21 (13.9%) |  |  |
Reason to use a method | Limiting birth | 70 (43.5%) | 68 (45%) | 0.076 | 0.783 |
 | Spacing birth | 91 (56.5%) | 83 (55%) |  |  |
Place where a respondent get a method | Private clinic | 37 (23.0%) | 24 (15.9%) | 19.3 | 0.046 |
 | District hospital | 15 (9.3%) | 0 |  |  |
 | Health Center | 67 (41.6%) | 84 (55.6%) |  |  |
 | health post | 42 (26.1%) | 43 (28.5%) |  |  |
Getting clear information by Health care provider (HCP) | No | 175 (49.7%) | 177 (50.4%) | 0.036 | 0.85 |
 | Yes | 177 (50.3%) | 174 (49.6%) |  |  |
Respondent intention to continue using method | No | 60 (37.3%) | 45 (29.8%) | 1.94 | 0.164 |
 | Yes | 101 (62.7%) | 106 (70.2%) |  |  |
Respondent reason to discontinue using method | Husband disapproval and fear | 0 | 5 (11.1%) | 7.9 | 0.101 |
 | religious opposition | 11 (18.3%) | 7 (15.6%) |  |  |
 | Need to get pregnant | 34 (56.7%) | 26 (57.8%) |  |  |
 | Fear of Rumor | 7 (11.7%) | 3 (6.7%) |  |  |
 | Fear of side effect of methods | 8 (13.3%) | 4 (8.9%) |  |  |
Respondent ever start using method and discontinue | No | 238 (67.6%) | 226 (64.4%) | 0.815 | 0.367 |
 | Yes | 114 (32.4%) | 125 (35.6%) |  |  |
Respondent reason to discontinue method | Husband disapproval | 11 (9.6%) | 16 (12.8%) | 5.937 | 0.039 |
 | religious opposition | 7 (6.1%) | 16 (12.8%) |  |  |
 | Need to have many children | 11 (9.6%) | 13 (10.4%) |  |  |
 | Fear of rumor | 34 (29.8) | 40 (32%) |  |  |
 | Fear of side effect of methods | 51 (44.7%) | 40 (32%) |  |  |