Table 4 Association between postpartum contraceptive use and reproductive characteristics
From: Postpartum fertility behaviours and contraceptive use among women in rural Ghana
Variable | Yes | No | χ2 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 505 | N = 498 | |||
n (%) | n (%) | |||
Outcome of last pregnancy | ||||
Live term baby | 498(50.6) | 487(49.4) | ||
Stillbirth/Miscarriage | 7(38.9) | 11(61.1) | 0.96 | 0.326 |
Place of delivery | ||||
Home | 18(54.6) | 15(45.5) | ||
Public hospital/Private hospital/Maternity home | 487(50.2) | 483(49.8) | 0.24 | 0.624 |
Mode of delivery | ||||
SVD | 455(53.1) | 402(46.9) | ||
Assisted vaginal delivery | 11(13.1) | 73(86.9) | ||
Caesarean section | 39(62.9) | 23(37.1) | 53.12 | < 0.001 |
Delivery complications | ||||
Yes | 116(65.9) | 60(34.1) | ||
No | 388(47.00) | 437(53.0) | 20.68 | < 0.001 |
Resumed sexual relationship since last birth | ||||
Yes | 471(53.6) | 408(46.4) | ||
No | 34(27.4) | 90(72.6) | 29.76 | < 0.001 |
Ever breastfed after delivery | ||||
Yes | 363(46.5) | 418(53.5) | ||
No | 142(64.0) | 80(36.0) | 21.14 | < 0.001 |
Return of menses since last birth (amenorrhoea)? | ||||
Yes | 466(52.4) | 424(47.6) | ||
No | 39(34.5) | 74(65.5) | 12.77 | < 0.001 |
n (Arithmetic mean) | n (Arithmetic mean) | |||
Date of delivery in monthsa | 493(15.7) | 490(17.5) | < 0.001 | |
How many Months after birth did you not have your period was not had?a | 482(8.0) | 480(7.6) | 0.080 | |
Number of children ever born/Parity of the last birtha | 505(3.4) | 498(2.0) | < 0.001 | |
Preferred number of childrena | 388(3.7) | 355(3.2) | < 0.001 | |