From: An application of mixed-effect models to analyse contraceptive use in Malawian women
Characteristic | n | % CU | p | OR | CRI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 24,562 | 45.57 | |||
Region | < 0.001 | ||||
Northern | 4803 | 45.14 | 1 | ||
Central | 8417 | 47.15 | 1.085 | (1.014, 1.167) | |
Southern | 11,342 | 44.59 | 0.908 | (0.908, 1.050) | |
Place-of-residence | < 0.001 | ||||
Urban | 5247 | 43.49 | 1 | ||
Rural | 19,315 | 46.14 | 1.114 | (1.048, 1.184) | |
Age(years) | < 0.001 | ||||
15–24 | 10,367 | 30.74 | 1 | ||
25–34 | 7624 | 58.12 | 3.126 | (2.939, 3.333) | |
35+ | 6571 | 54.42 | 2.690 | (2.531, 2.886) | |
Parity | < 0.001 | ||||
No child | 5782 | 6.30 | 1 | ||
Children(1–3) | 11,307 | 55.02 | 18.247 | (16.200, 20.430) | |
Children(4+) | 7473 | 61.68 | 23.975 | (21.242, 26.924) | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||||
No education | 2779 | 47.46 | 1 | ||
Primary | 15,028 | 47.56 | 1.003 | (0.925,1.091) | |
Secondary | 6061 | 40.52 | 0.753 | (0.688,0.825) | |
Tertiary | 694 | 39.05 | 0.707 | (0.598,0.848) | |
Occupation | < 0.001 | ||||
Not working | 8422 | 34.27 | 1 | ||
Manual work | 4037 | 52.02 | 2.080 | (1.928, 2.241) | |
Agriculture | 9374 | 50.78 | 1.983 | (1.876, 2.099) | |
Business | 1135 | 56.39 | 2.481 | (2.182, 2.808) | |
Office | 1594 | 50.69 | 1.979 | (1.773, 2.232) | |
Marital-Status | < 0.001 | ||||
Never married | 5326 | 9.99 | 1 | ||
Divorced/widowed | 1979 | 36.43 | 5.165 | (4518, 5.847) | |
Separation | 1305 | 38.85 | 5.726 | (4.953, 6.586) | |
Married | 15,952 | 59.14 | 13.066 | (11.870,14.454) | |
Religion | < 0.001 | ||||
Christians | 21,685 | 46.61 | 1 | ||
Muslim | 2726 | 37.42 | 0.685 | (0.631, 0.742) | |
No religion | 113 | 45.13 | 0.946 | (0.661, 1.359) | |
Others | 38 | 42.11 | 0.825 | (0.426, 1.619) |