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Table 2 Long-acting reversible contraceptive prevalence by socio-demographic characteristics

From: Women’s sexual empowerment and utilization of long-acting reversible contraceptives in Ghana: evidence from the 2014 demographic and health survey

Socio-demographic characteristics

Type of Contraceptive

X2; p-value

 

Other Methods

n (%)

LARC

n (%)

 

Sexual Empowerment

Low

127 (93.38)

9 (6.62)

X2 = 1.1043; p = 0.576

Medium

4325 (94.10)

271 (5.90)

High

366 (95.31)

18 (4.69)

Total

4818

298

Age

15–19

108 (94.74)

6 (5.26)

X2 = 7.62; p = 0.267

20–24

588 (94.23)

36 (5.77)

25–29

957 (93.55)

66 (6.45)

30–34

933 (92.84)

72 (7.16)

35–39

933 (94.53)

54 (5.47)

40–44

737 (95.10)

38 (4.90)

45–49

562 (95.58)

26 (4.42)

Total

4818

298

Level of education

No education

1657 (95.28)

82 (4.72)

X2 = 9.0002; p = 0.011

Primary

899 (92.49)

73 (7.51)

Secondary or higher

2262 (94.05)

143 (5.95)

Total

4818

298

Place of residence

Urban

2206 (95.09)

114 (4.91)

X2 = 6.423; p = 0.011

Rural

2612 (93.42)

184 (6.58)

Total

4818

298

Marital status

Married

3728 (94.36)

223 (5.64)

X2 = 1.0330; p = 0.309

Cohabiting

1090 (93.56)

75 (6.44)

Total

4818

298

Occupation

Not working

645 (95.70)

29 (4.30)

X2 = 3.279; p = 0.070

Working

4173 (93.94)

298 (6.06)

Total

4818

298

Wealth status

Poorest

1331 (94.53)

77 (5.47)

X2 = 8.4877; p = 0.075

Poorer

928 (92.80)

72 (7.20)

Middle

904 (93.39)

64 (6.61)

Richer

844 (94.62)

48 (5.38)

Richest

811 (95.64)

37 (4.36)

Total

4818

298

Health decision maker

Respondent alone

1206 (95.56)

56 (4.44)

X2 = 15.7072; p = 0.000

Respondent and someone

2552 (92.97)

193 (7.03)

Partner alone

1060 (95.58)

49 (4.42)

Total

4818

298

Parity

Zero birth

282 (98.26)

5 (1.74)

X2 = 25.4123; p = 0.000

One birth

728 (96.81)

24 (3.19)

Two births

845 (94.31)

51 (5.69)

Three births

807 (93.84)

53 (6.16)

Four births or more

2156 (92.89)

165 (7.11)

Total

4818

298

Religion

Christian

3470 (93.20)

253 (6.80)

X2 = 24.7936; p = 0.000

Islam

1006 (93.20)

253 (6.80)

Traditionalist

158 (98.55)

36 (3.45)

No religion

184 (96.34)

7 (3.66)

Total

4818

298

Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine

Not at all

4290 (94.14)

267 (5.86)

X2 = 0.0892; p = 0.765

Less than once a week

528 (94.45)

31 (5.55)

Total

4818

298

Frequency of listening to radio

Not at all

807 (94.50)

47 (5.50)

X2 = 0.1930; p = 0.660

Less than once a week

4011 (94.11)

251 (5.89)

Total

4818

298

Frequency of watching television

Not at all

1602 (94.18)

99 (5.82)

X2 = 0.0001; p = 0.992

Less than once a week

3216 (94.17)

199 (5.83)

Total

4818

298