Table 3 Percentage distribution of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of respondents by contraceptive nonuse across regions
From: Contraceptive nonuse among women in Uganda: a comparative assessment of predictors across regions
| Variables | Regions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | Eastern | Northern | Western | |||||
| Non-use | Use | Non-use | Use | Non-use | Use | Non-use | Use | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 679.7 (76.1%) | 213.7 (23.9%) | 1021.1 (79.2%) | 267.5 (20.8%) | 971.9 (87.5%) | 139.2 (12.5%) | 872.2 (85.6%) | 147.1 (14.4%) |
| 20–24 | 329.4 (33.1%) | 664.5 (66.9%) | 392.1 (38.7%) | 622.3 (61.3%) | 441.0 (52.8%) | 393.9 (47.2%) | 388.8 (41.5%) | 547.7 (58.5%) |
| 25–29 | 135.8 (17.2%) | 655.2 (82.8%) | 161.9 (21.9%) | 579.3 (78.1%) | 242.6 (36.2%) | 426.8 (63.8%) | 223.5 (27.3%) | 594.1 (72.7%) |
| 30–34 | 94.4 (16.5%) | 478.2 (83.5%) | 139.8 (21.4%) | 512.2 (78.6%) | 222.3 (35.1%) | 411.6 (64.9%) | 164.1 (23.6%) | 532.9 (76.4%) |
| 35–39 | 96.6 (19.9%) | 389.3 (80.1%) | 130.1 (25.7%) | 375.4 (74.3%) | 179.3 (39.4%) | 275.7 (60.6%) | 150.4 (27.0%) | 406.5 (73.0%) |
| 40–44 | 77.6 (22.9%) | 261.2 (77.1%) | 151.6 (30.9%) | 338.2 (69.1%) | 184.0 (47.7%) | 201.5 (52.3%) | 146.6 (36.1%) | 259.5 (63.9%) |
| 45–49 | 77.7 (31.1%) | 171.8 (68.9%) | 156.1 (44.9%) | 191.4 (55.1%) | 179.7 (64.6%) | 98.6 (35.4%) | 138.6 (40.7%) | 202.1 (59.3%) |
| χ2 = 939.3498, p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1049.7960, p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 736.1774, p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1006.2228, p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Educational level | ||||||||
| No education | 81.8 (35.4%) | 149.5 (64.6%) | 170.7 (48.5%) | 181.4 (51.5%) | 494.4 (65.8%) | 256.7 (34.2%) | 253 (45.4%) | 304.8 (54.6%) |
| Primary | 652.8 (35.1%) | 1209.7 (64.9%) | 1351.6 (43.4%) | 1764.5 (56.6%) | 1607.9 (54.9%) | 1323.5 (45.1%) | 1326 (44.5%) | 1655.7 (55.5%) |
| Secondary | 581.1 (36.0%) | 1032.2 (64.0%) | 556.5 (43.0%) | 736.6 (57.0%) | 254.3 (51.4%) | 240.9 (48.6%) | 482.6 (43.9%) | 547.2 (56.1%) |
| Higher | 175.6 (28.4%) | 442.5 (71.6%) | 73.9 (26.6%) | 203.7 (73.4%) | 64.1 (33.7%) | 126.2 (66.3%) | 76.6 (29.6%) | 182.1 (70.4%) |
| χ2 = 12.1249, p = 0.0995 | χ2 = 34.7707, p = 0.0007 | χ2 = 73.0577, p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 22.2693, p = 0.0008 | |||||
| Religious status | ||||||||
| Catholics | 476.8 (31.6%) | 1034.2 (68.4%) | 623.4 (44.4%) | 780.5 (55.6%) | 1485 (57.4%) | 1102.1 (42.6%) | 907.3 (44.6%) | 1127.5 (55.4%) |
| Anglican | 379.2 (33.3%) | 759.4 (66.7%) | 794.2 (43.0%) | 1051.4 (57.0%) | 468.7 (47.3%) | 522.2 (52.7%) | 737.3 (40.8%) | 1068.1 (59.2%) |
| Muslim | 261.7 (32.9%) | 532.5 (67.1%) | 342.9 (39.6%) | 532.3 (60.4%) | 269.3 (65.7%) | 140.5 (34.3%) | 92.6 (42.4%) | 126.0 (57.6%) |
| Pentecostal | 313.1 (42.2%) | 429.4 (57.8%) | 353.8 (44.3%) | 445.3 (55.7%) | 183.1 (50.8%) | 177.5 (49.2%) | 220.1 (46.0%) | 258.0 (54.0%) |
| Others | 60.5 (43.6%) | 78.3 (56.4%) | 38.5 (31.0%) | 85.8 (69.0%) | 14.6 (74.4%) | 5.0 (25.6%) | 126.9 (53.5%) | 110.2 (46.5%) |
| χ2 = 31.7611, p = 0.0005 | χ2 = 12.9586, p = 0.0870 | χ2 = 54.1094, p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 17.2144, p = 0.0204 | |||||
| Age at first marriage | ||||||||
| ≤ 12 | 17.9 (19.9%) | 72.4 (80.1%) | 50.4 (35.8%) | 90.2 (64.2%) | 49.8 (41.6%) | 69.8 (58.4%) | 63.0 (44.4%) | 79.0 (55.6%) |
| 13–17 | 231.0 (20.1%) | 919.9 (79.9%) | 555.2 (30.7%) | 1255.9 (69.3%) | 712.5 (41.7%) | 994.3 (58.3%) | 459.2 (31.1%) | 1,015.7 (68.9%) |
| 18–24 | 316.4 (20.8%) | 1203 (79.2%) | 460.7 (29.2%) | 1117.8 (70.8%) | 657.6 (49.0%) | 685.3 (51.0%) | 542.8 (31.0%) | 1,205.4 (69.0%) |
| 25+ | 316.4 (19.4%) | 222.1 (80.6%) | 78.3 (32.2%) | 164.6 (67.8%) | 84.4 (47.5%) | 93.4 (52.5%) | 79.7 (32.3%) | 167.2 (67.7%) |
| χ2 = 0.4413 p = 0.9561 | χ2 = 3.5023 p = 0.4181 | χ2 = 16.8430 p = 0.0028 | χ2 = 11.1670 p = 0.0394 | |||||
| Sexual autonomy | ||||||||
| No | 44.9 (31.1%) | 99.3 (68.9%) | 175.7 (35.6%) | 317.8 (64.4%) | 227.9 (46.6%) | 260.9 (53.4%) | 168.7 (36.9%) | 288.9 (63.1%) |
| Yes | 405.9 (18.7%) | 1765.8 (81.3%) | 801.8 (29.5%) | 1921.1 (70.5%) | 1021.3 (44.9%) | 1253.9 (55.1%) | 738.6 (29.7%) | 1750.9 (70.3%) |
| Don’t know | 1.5 (7.7%) | 18.5 (92.3%) | 6.4 (26.0%) | 18.2 (74.0%) | 4.4 (29.4%) | 10.6 (70.6%) | 16.6 (22.5%) | 57.3 (77.5%) |
| χ2 = 15.2060, p = 0.0024 | χ2 = 7.7185, p = 0.0724 | χ2 = 1.9994, p = 0.4484 | χ2 = 11.7622, p = 0.0070 | |||||
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||
| Poorest | 46.6 (42.2%) | 63.8 (57.8%) | 436.6 (44.4%) | 545.8 (55.6%) | 1348 (62.0%) | 826.4 (38.0%) | 246.7 (60.9%) | 158.4 (39.1%) |
| Poorer | 142.9 (40.9%) | 206.7 (59.1%) | 530.9 (43.4%) | 693.4 (56.6%) | 480.1 (49.8%) | 484.5 (50.2%) | 476.6 (46.9%) | 543.0 (53.1%) |
| Middle | 191.1 (34.4%) | 364.5 (65.6%) | 484.4 (44.7%) | 599.9 (55.3%) | 221.7 (47.2%) | 247.9 (52.8%) | 610.2 (44.4%) | 764.5 (55.6%) |
| Richer | 322.2 (34.0%) | 626.0 (66.0%) | 419.5 (40.7%) | 612.0 (59.3%) | 206.2 (47.8%) | 225.4 (52.2%) | 451.6 (38.4%) | 723.5 (61.6%) |
| Richest | 788.5 (33.4%) | 1572.8 (66.6%) | 281.5 (39.3%) | 435.2 (60.7%) | 164.7 (50.3%) | 163.1 (49.7%) | 296.0 (37.2%) | 500.3 (62.8%) |
| χ2 = 10.5514 p = 0.225 | χ2 = 8.3496 p = 0.2145 | χ2 = 77.0443 p.0.0000 | χ2 = 80.3140 p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 675.5 (32.5%) | 1399.6 (67.5%) | 302.4 (37.9%) | 495.6 (62.1%) | 359.3 (54.9%) | 295.3 (45.1%) | 389.1 (37.1%) | 658.5 (62.9%) |
| Rural | 815.7 (36.3%) | 1434.2 (63.7%) | 1850.4 (43.6%) | 2390.6 (56.4%) | 2061.4 (55.5%) | 1651.9 (44.5%) | 1695.2 (45.5%) | 2031.3 (54.5%) |
| χ2 = 6.5424 p = 0.1226 | χ2 = 9.0415 p = 0.0170 | χ2 = 0.0884 p = 0.8895 | χ2 = 23.1874 p = 0.0080 | |||||
| Age at first sex | ||||||||
| Not had sex | 601.4 (99.1%) | 5.6 (0.9%) | 703.9 (98.4%) | 11.4 (1.6%) | 686.7 (99.2%) | 5.9 (0.9%) | 694.9 (99.6%) | 2.5 (0.4%) |
| Below 15 | 134.8 (23.3%) | 443.8 (76.7%) | 341.5 (32.0%) | 723.9 (68.0%) | 276.2 (45.6%) | 330.0 (54.4%) | 287.3 (37.4%) | 480.1 (62.6%) |
| 15–19 | 597.5 (23.0%) | 1994.2 (77.0%) | 1009.4 (34.0%) | 1957.2 (66.0%) | 1258.3 (46.7%) | 1437.1 (53.3%) | 917.4 (33.4%) | 1831.8 (66.6%) |
| 20–24 | 136.1 (27.6%) | 357.2 (72.4%) | 85.0 (31.5%) | 185.0 (68.5%) | 167.8 (50.7%) | 163.4 (49.3%) | 160.7 (31.9%) | 343.4 (68.1%) |
| 25+ | 17.5 (35.3%) | 32.0 (64.7%) | 12.4 (60.3%) | 8.2 (39.7%) | 30.6 (73.5%) | 11.0 (26.5%) | 22.5 (41.1%) | 32.3 (58.9%) |
| χ2 = 1314.3009 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1064.1139 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 651.7632 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1047.4633 p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Age at first birth | ||||||||
| Below 15 | 38.0 (16.4%) | 193.4 (83.6%) | 87.3 (27.9%) | 225.4 (72.1%) | 82.1 (37.1%) | 139.2 (62.9%) | 97.6 (39.1%) | 152.1 (60.9%) |
| 15–19 | 307.2 (18.2%) | 1376.8 (81.8%) | 698.5 (28.8%) | 1723.2 (71.2%) | 832.3 (40.5%) | 1223.4 (59.5%) | 536.2 (27.0%) | 1451.2 (73.0%) |
| 20–24 | 187.0 (19.3%) | 780.3 (80.7%) | 253.1 (29.6%) | 601.4 (70.4%) | 431.5 (49.9%) | 433.6 (50.1%) | 350.7 (30.9%) | 784.7 (69.1%) |
| 25+ | 56.5 (25.8%) | 162.8 (74.2%) | 55.2 (36.0%) | 98.0 (64.0%) | 72.9 (52.5%) | 66.0 (47.5%) | 100.2 (40.5%) | 147.4 (59.5%) |
| χ2 = 8.2373 p = 0.1196 | χ2 = 3.9420 p = 0.3506 | χ2 = 30.1347 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 31.8334 p = 0.0001 | |||||
| Perception of distance to health facility | ||||||||
| A big problem | 360.3 (32.2%) | 757.8 (67.8%) | 861.4 (43.3%) | 1129.1 (56.7%) | 1163.2 (53.8%) | 999.0 (46.2%) | 845.0 (44.9%) | 1039.1 (55.1%) |
| Not a big problem | 1130.9 (35.3%) | 2076.0 (64.7%) | 1291.4 (42.4%) | 1757.1 (57.6%) | 1257.5 (57.0%) | 948.3 (43.0%) | 1239.2 (42.9%) | 1650.6 (57.1%) |
| χ2 = 3.3924 p = 0.1179 | χ2 = 0.4099 p = 0.5777 | χ2 = 4.5650 p = 0.1119 | χ2 = 1.7954 p = 0.2951 | |||||
| Desire for children | ||||||||
| Wants within 2 years | 199.0 (31.5%) | 433.1 (68.5%) | 200.4 (37.0%) | 341.6 (63.0%) | 289.9 (60.8%) | 187.1 (39.2%) | 274.4 (50.1%) | 273.0 (49.9%) |
| Wants after 2 years | 571.1 (34.5%) | 1084.5 (65.5%) | 941.3 (45.9%) | 1107.9 (54.1%) | 1092.1 (55.9%) | 861.6 (44.1%) | 847.3 (46.8%) | 963.2 (53.2%) |
| Wants, but unsure of timing | 348.2 (67.1%) | 170.9 (32.9%) | 351.6 (74.6%) | 113.8 (24.4%) | 303.0 (90.5%) | 31.7 (9.5%) | 351.3 (78.9%) | 93.8 (21.1%) |
| Undecided | 85.3 (47.6%) | 94.1 (52.4%) | 131.4 (60.9%) | 84.3 (39.1%) | 102.5 (61.9%) | 63.0 (38.1%) | 80.1 (44.5%) | 99.8 (55.5%) |
| Wants no more | 287.6 (21.5%) | 1051.2 (78.5%) | 528.1 (29.9%) | 1238.6 (70.1%) | 633.2 (44.1%) | 803.9 (55.9%) | 531.2 (29.7%) | 1260 (70.3%) |
| χ2 = 360.4156 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 368.8890 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 250.5904 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 384.5077 p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Number of living children | ||||||||
| 0 | 919.4 (73.9%) | 325.1 (26.1%) | 1085.6 (79.9%) | 272.7 (20.1%) | 1037.8 (91.0%) | 102.3 (9.0%) | 1015.7 (86.7%) | 156.4 (13.3%) |
| 1 | 195.4 (28.1%) | 498.1 (71.8%) | 281.9 (45.8%) | 333.1 (54.2%) | 337.2 (57.7%) | 247.6 (42.3%) | 293.6 (44.0%) | 374.1 (56.0%) |
| 2 | 97.3 (15.7%) | 522.1 (84.3%) | 162.7 (26.7%) | 446.6 (73.3%) | 221.1 (41.6%) | 310.3 (58.4%) | 199.8 (30.6%) | 454.0 (69.4%) |
| 3+ | 279.1 (15.8%) | 1488.6 (84.2%) | 622.7 (25.4%) | 1834 (74.6%) | 824.6 (39.1%) | 1287.1 (60.9%) | 575.2 (25.2%) | 1705.3 (74.8%) |
| χ2 = 1237.2615 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1137.4900 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 856.3612 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 1241.7939 p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Number of children born in the last 5 years | ||||||||
| 0 | 1104.7 (52.3%) | 1007.0 (47.7%) | 1351.0 (60.8%) | 871.4 (39.2%) | 1364.3 (74.6%) | 465.3 (25.4%) | 1306.7 (61.7%) | 811.0 (38.3%) |
| 1 | 218.0 (16.4%) | 1110.8 (83.6%) | 391.8 (27.2%) | 1050.6 (72.8%) | 568.5 (38.8%) | 896.0 (61.2%) | 388.0 (25.5%) | 1135.3 (74.5%) |
| 2+ | 168.6 (19.1%) | 716.0 (80.9%) | 410.1 (29.8%) | 964.3 (70.2%) | 487.9 (45.4%) | 585.9 (54.6%) | 389.5 (34.4%) | 743.5 (65.6%) |
| χ2 = 582.6405 p ≤ 0.001 | χ2 = 532.4315 p ≤ 0.001 | χ2 = 478.2326 p ≤ 0.001 | χ2 = 524.9012 p ≤ 0.001 | |||||
| Listen to radio | ||||||||
| No | 281.0 (41.3%) | 399.6 (58.7%) | 688.4 (47.5%) | 762.4 (52.5%) | 927.0 (59.8%) | 623.0 (40.2%) | 732.1 (56.4%) | 566.7(43.6%) |
| Yes | 1210.2 (33.2%) | 2434.2 (66.8%) | 1464.4 (40.8%) | 2123.8 (59.2%) | 1493.8 (53.0%) | 1324.3 (47.0%) | 1352.1 (38.9%) | 2123.0 (61.1%) |
| χ2 = 16.6029 p = 0.0020 | χ2 = 18.6168 p = 0.0001 | χ2 = 18.7018 p = 0.0021 | χ2 = 117.1477 p = 0.0000 | |||||
| Watch television | ||||||||
| No | 634.1 (36.6%) | 1098.3 (63.4%) | 1640.6 (43.3%) | 2152.9 (56.7%) | 2071.9 (55.6%) | 1656.8 (44.4%) | 1663.9 (44.8%) | 2051.0 (55.2%) |
| Yes | 857.1 (33.1%) | 1735.5 (66.9%) | 512.2 (41.1%) | 733.4 (58.9%) | 348.8 (54.6%) | 290.5 (45.5%) | 420.3 (39.7%) | 638.8 (60.3%) |
| χ2 = 5.7687 p = 0.0621 | χ2 = 1.7329 p = 0.2971 | χ2 = 0.2241 p = 0.6942 | χ2 = 8.7283 p = 0.0346 | |||||
| Reading of newspaper or magazine | ||||||||
| No | 880.2 (34.7%) | 1656.7 (65.3%) | 1737.3 (43.1%) | 2296.8 (56.9%) | 2166.5 (55.7%) | 1724.0 (44.3%) | 1773.7 (43.9%) | 2264.6 (56.1%) |
| Yes | 611.0 (34.2%) | 1177.1 (65.8%) | 415.5 (41.4%) | 589.4 (58.6%) | 254.2 (53.2%) | 223.3 (46.8%) | 310.6 (42.2%) | 425.2 (57.8%) |
| χ2 = 0.1270 p = 0.8192 | χ2 = 0.9696 p = 0.4593 | χ2 = 1.0307 p = 0.4541 | χ2 = 0.7420 p = 0.4803 | |||||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Unemployed | 611.3 (46.7%) | 698.8 (53.3%) | 847.4 (60.0%) | 566.2 (40.0%) | 630.6 (74.8%) | 212.5 (25.2%) | 842.1 (63.8%) | 478.3 (36.2%) |
| Employed | 879.9 (29.2%) | 2135 (70.8%) | 1305.4 (36.0%) | 2320.1 (64.0%) | 1790.1 (50.8%) | 1734.7 (49.2%) | 1242.2 (36.0%) | 2211.5 (64.0%) |
| χ2 = 123.4241 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 238.2390 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 158.7397 p = 0.0000 | χ2 = 300.3493 p = 0.0000 | |||||