Table 4 The analyses of factors associated with the knowledge and the current FP methods utilization among respondents in the North-shewa zone, Ethiopia, 2019
Variables associated with knowledge of FP methods (n = 337) | Poor knowledge | Good knowledge | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
Sex | Female | 58.4 | 35.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Male | 41.8 | 64.4 | 2.54(1.03,2.77)* | 3.12(0.76,8.11) | |
Educational status | No education | 24.6 | 8.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 46.7 | 54.8 | 3.21(1.45,7.65) | 3.31(1.37,7.59)* | |
Secondary education | 18.9 | 11.5 | 1.71(0.63, 4.83) | 1.83(0.65,5.12) | |
College education | 9.8 | 25.0 | 6.96(2.63,19.85) | 7.23(2.28,22.06)* | |
Variables associated with the current FP utilization (n = 337) | Not utilized FP methods | Utilized FP methods | |||
Age | 18–30 | 68.5 | 66.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
31–40 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 1.48(1.02,7.65)* | 1.71(0.93,3.91) | |
41–50 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 0.91(0.51,1.58) | 0.80(0.56,2.13) | |
Marital status | Single | 53.2 | 33.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Married | 30.5 | 51.5 | 2.71(1.45,5.00)* | 3.41(1.74,6.68)* | |
Divorced/widowed | 16.3 | 15.2 | 1.9(0.64,3.46) | 2.11(0.86,5.71) | |
Respondent’s knowledge on FP | Poor knowledge | 77.0 | 23.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Good knowledge | 68.3 | 31.7 | 1.54(1.11,12.50)* | 1.61(1.27,16.24)* | |