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Table 1 Bivariate association between contraceptive use and various background characteristics

From: Factors associated with contraceptive use among young women in Malawi: analysis of the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey data

Characteristics

 

Contraceptive utilization

 

Total

Non-users

Users

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

< 0.001*

 15–19

5263

50.5

4452

61.8

811

25.2

 

 20–24

5159

49.5

2751

38.2

2408

74.8

 

Residence

< 0.001*

 Rural

8530

81.8

5833

81.0

2697

83.8

 

 Urban

1892

18.2

1370

19.0

522

16.2

 

Region

0.236**

 Northern

1159

11.1

818

11.4

341

10.6

 

 Central

4536

43.5

3099

43.0

1437

44.7

 

 Southern

4726

45.4

3286

45.6

1440

44.7

 

Marital Status

< 0.001*

 Never married

4828

46.3

4394

61.0

434

13.5

 

 Currently married

4888

46.9

2387

33.1

2501

77.7

 

 Formerly married

707

6.8

423

5.9

284

8.8

 

Religion

< 0.001*

 Catholic

1925

18.5

1336

18.5

589

18.3

 

 Other Christians

7131

68.4

4855

67.4

2276

70.7

 

 Muslim

1341

12.9

1000

13.9

341

10.6

 

 No religion

24

0.2

12

0.2

12

0.4

 

Wealth

< 0.001*

 Poor

4200

40.3

2660

36.9

1540

47.9

 

 Medium

1944

18.7

1339

18.6

605

18.8

 

 Rich

4276

41.0

3203

44.5

1073

33.3

 

Education

< 0.001*

 None

455

4.4

298

4.1

157

4.9

 

 Primary school

6739

64.7

4507

62.6

2232

69.4

 

 Secondary school or above

3227

31.0

2398

33.3

829

25.8

 

Work status

< 0.001*

 Working

5145

49.4

3176

44.1

1969

61.2

 

 Not working

5277

50.6

4027

55.9

1250

38.8

 

 Rich

       

Visited health facility

< 0.001*

 Yes

5650

54.2

3328

46.2

2322

72.1

 

 No

4772

45.8

3875

53.8

897

27.9

 

Knowledge of ovulatory cycle

< 0.001*

 Yes

8619

82.7

5654

78.5

2965

92.1

 

 No

1803

17.3

1549

21.5

254

7.9

 
  1. *Significant (P < 0.05); **Non-significant (P > 0.05)