Determinants of contraceptive continuation among women in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Women's Health

Table 2 Prevalence of contraceptive continuation among women in sub-Saharan Africa across explanatory variables

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Contraceptive continuation	P-value
Age (years)				< 0.001
15–19	7771	6.1	62.5
20–24	26,343	20.5	49.5
25–29	32,876	25.6	45.5
30–34	27,214	21.2	47.5
35–39	19,701	15.3	51.6
40–44	10,400	8.1	57.7
45–49	4057	3.2	59.7
Marital status				< 0.001
Not in union	25,684	20.1	57.1
In union	102,678	79.9	48.4
Educational level				< 0.001
No education	27,701	21.6	46.7
Primary	51,012	39.7	49.2
Secondary	41,312	32.2	53.4
Higher	8337	6.5	51.2
Place of residence				< 0.001
Urban	50,051	39.0	52.1
Rural	78,311	61.0	48.9
Employment status				0.001
Not working	31,859	24.8	51.0
Working	96,503	75.2	49.9
Exposure to family planning messages				0.264
Not exposed	60,350	47.0	50.3
Exposed	68,012	53.0	50.0
Knowledge of family planning				0.659
Poor	22	0.01	45.5
Good	128,340	99.9	50.2
Information on choice				< 0.001
No	75,443	58.8	37.3
Yes	52,919	41.2	68.4
Births in the last 5 years				< 0.001
None	28,361	22.1	59.8
1	63,424	49.4	52.6
2+	36,577	28.5	38.5
Number of living children				< 0.001
None	10,180	7.9	62.8
1	21,091	16.4	54.4
2	27,072	21.1	46.3
3	23,050	18.0	46.9
4+	46,969	36.6	49.3
Desire for more children				< 0.001
Wants within 2 years	16,806	13.1	44.5
Wants after 2 + years	49,609	38.7	49.1
Wants no more children	44,040	34.3	50.0
Undecided	17,907	13.9	58.9
Method				< 0.001
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC)	21,444	16.7	69.4
Pills	22,106	17.2	40.9
Injectables	54,297	42.3	45.3
Other modern methods including condom	16,607	12.9	59.1
Traditional method	13,908	10.8	43.6
Sub-Region				< 0.001
West	44,510	34.7	50.7
East	57,957	45.1	49.2
Central	14,393	11.2	47.7
South	11,502	9.0	56.2

NB: Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs) typically include intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, P-values are from chi-square test

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