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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Prevalence and determinants of unmet need for family planning among married women in Ghana-a multinomial logistic regression analysis of the GDHS, 2014

 

Univariate

Bivariate

Overall sample (n = 4527)

Women with unmet need - total (n = 1592) = 35.17%

Women with unmet need for spacing (n = 914) = 20.19%

Women with unmet need for limiting (n = 678) = 14.98%

Variable

Measurement

n

%

n

%

Chi2

p-value

n

%

Chi2

p-value

n

%

Chi2

p-value

Age

               
 

15–19

118

3

56

47

77

0.00

54

47

96

0.00

2

3

451

0.00

 

20–24

632

14

201

32

189

30

12

3

 

25–29

1038

23

306

29

265

27

41

5

 

30–34

967

21

295

31

180

21

115

15

 

35–39

891

20

337

38

153

22

184

25

 

40–44

592

13

260

44

59

15

201

38

 

45–49

289

6

137

47

14

8

123

45

Religion

               
 

None or traditional religion

314

7

118

38

7

0.14

66

25

5

0.25

52

21

31

0.00

 

Catholic

651

14

212

33

131

23

81

16

 

Non-Pentecostal protestant

987

22

352

36

169

21

183

22

 

Pentecostal protestant

1614

36

594

37

328

24

266

21

 

Islam

961

21

316

33

220

25

96

13

Number of unions

               
 

One

3557

79

1191

33

21

0.00

743

24

0

0.65

448

16

68

0.00

 

More than one

970

21

401

41

171

23

230

29

Residence

               
 

Urban

1995

44

686

34

1

0.33

398

23

0

0.58

288

18

1

0.32

 

Rural

2532

56

906

36

516

24

390

19

Education

               
 

no education

1528

34

544

36

4

0.15

318

24

3

0.19

226

19

2

0.45

 

primary

868

19

326

38

187

26

139

20

 

secondary +

2131

47

722

34

 

409

22

 

313

18

 

SES

               
 

Poorest

1339

30

450

34

23

0.00

284

24

12

0.02

166

16

23

0.00

 

2

878

19

355

40

195

27

160

23

 

3

823

18

314

38

170

25

144

22

 

4

768

17

250

33

139

21

111

18

 

Least poor

719

16

223

31

126

20

97

16

Occupation

               
 

Unemployed

779

17

301

39

5

0.03

225

32

32

0.00

76

14

11

0.00

 

Employed

3748

83

1291

34

689

22

602

20

Heard FP messages on radio

               
 

No

1951

43

706

36

2

0.21

418

25

3

0.08

288

19

0

0.98

 

Yes

2576

57

886

34

496

23

390

19

Heard FP messages on TV

               
 

No

2550

56

933

37

5

0.02

538

25

4

0.05

395

20

2

0.13

 

Yes

1977

44

659

33

376

22

283

18

Read FP messages in newspaper

               
 

No

4314

95

1529

35

3

0.08

880

24

3

0.09

649

19

1

0.37

 

Yes

213

5

63

30

34

18

29

16

You visited health facility in the past 12 months

               
 

No

1617

36

605

37

6

0.02

326

24

0

0.51

279

22

11

0.00

 

Yes

2910

64

987

34

588

23

399

17

FP worker visited you in the past 12 months

               
 

No

3879

86

1354

35

1

0.37

766

23

3

0.10

588

19

0

0.64

 

Yes

648

14

238

37

148

27

90

18

Knows modern FP methods

               
 

No

50

1

14

28

1

0.29

10

22

0

0.75

4

10

2

0.15

 

Yes

4477

99

1578

35

904

24

674

19

Couple’s desire for children

               
 

Both want the same

2101

46

678

32

20

0.00

385

21

21

0.00

293

17

6

0.09

 

Husband wants more children

1178

26

419

36

231

23

188

20

 

Husband wants fewer children

402

9

150

37

84

25

66

21

 

Does not know

846

19

345

41

214

30

131

21

Membership to any health insurance scheme

               
 

Not member

1350

30

505

37

4

0.04

266

24

0

0.86

239

22

11

0.00

 

Member

3177

70

1087

34

  

648

24

  

439

17

  

Continuous variables

               

Overall sample (n = 4527)

 

Total unmet need (n = 1592)

Unmet need for spacing (n = 1154)

Unmet need for limiting (n = 696)

  

mean

Sd

mean

sd

t-statistic

p-value

mean

sd

t-statistic

p-value

mean

sd

t-statistic

p-value

Age at first marriage

Yes

19.72

5

19.34

4.34

4.07

0.00

19.46

4

3

0.01

19.17

4

4

0.00

No

19.2

4.7

19.92

5

19.92

5

Number of living biological children

Yes

3.13

2

3.63

2.04

−12.78

0.00

2.66

2

3

0.00

4.94

2

−26.08

0.00

No

2.86

1.90

2.86

2

2.86

2

Ideal number of children

Yes

4.44

1

4.43

1.25

0.62

0.54

4.41

1

1

0.37

4.45

1.31

−0.01

0.99

No

4.45

1.26

4.45

1

4.45

1.26