Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women in union in Papua New Guinea and modern contraceptives usage (N = 2345)
Variable | Weighted N | Weighted % | Modern Contraceptive use | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No n(%) | Yes n(%) | |||
Age | ||||
 15–19 | 50 | 2.1 | 8 (16) | 42 (84.0) |
 20–24 | 387 | 16.5 | 66 (17.1) | 321 (83.0) |
 25–29 | 581 | 24.8 | 107 (18.4) | 474 (81.6) |
 30–34 | 549 | 23.4 | 146 (26.6) | 403 (73.4) |
 35–39 | 404 | 17.2 | 119 (29.5) | 285 (70.5) |
 40–44 | 249 | 10.6 | 93 (37.4) | 156 (62.7) |
 45–49 | 125 | 5.3 | 62 (49.6) | 63 (50.4) |
Respondent’s occupation | ||||
 Not working | 1398 | 59.6 | 375 (26.8) | 1023 (73.2) |
 Professional /technical/managerial | 158 | 6.7 | 64 (40.5) | 94 (59.5) |
 Clerical | 57 | 2.4 | 13 (22.8) | 44 (77.2) |
 Sales | 128 | 5.5 | 30 (23.4) | 98 (76.6) |
 Agricultural- self employed | 317 | 13.5 | 58 (18.3) | 259 (81.7) |
 Agricultural – employee | 42 | 1.8 | 12 (28.6) | 30 (71.4) |
 Services | 227 | 9.7 | 46 (20.3) | 181 (79.7) |
 Skilled manual | 18 | 0.8 | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) |
Residence | ||||
 Urban | 640 | 27.3 | 148 (23.1) | 492 (76.9) |
 Rural | 1705 | 72.7 | 453 (26.6) | 1252 (73.4) |
Region | ||||
 Southern region | 751 | 32.0 | 149 (19.8) | 602 (80.2) |
 Highlands region | 462 | 19.7 | 64 (13.9) | 398 (86.2) |
 Momase region | 548 | 23.4 | 120 (21.9) | 428 (78.1) |
 Islands region | 584 | 24.9 | 268 (45.9) | 316 (54.1) |
Current marital status | ||||
 Married | 2015 | 85.9 | 515 (25.6) | 1500 (74.4) |
 Living with partner | 330 | 14.1 | 86 (26.1) | 244 (73.9) |
Highest educational level | ||||
 No education | 389 | 16.6 | 99 (25.5) | 290 (74.6) |
 Primary | 1141 | 48.7 | 282 (24.7) | 859 (75.3) |
 Secondary | 698 | 29.8 | 175 (25.1) | 523 (74.9) |
 Higher | 117 | 5.0 | 45 (38.5) | 72 (61.5) |
Husband/partner’s education level | ||||
 No education | 260 | 11.1 | 48 (18.5) | 212 (81.5) |
 Primary | 1037 | 44.2 | 292 (28.2) | 745 (71.8) |
 Secondary | 820 | 35.0 | 186 (22.7) | 634 (77.3) |
 Higher | 228 | 9.7 | 75 (32.9) | 153 (67.1) |
Wealth index | ||||
 Poorest | 268 | 11.4 | 74 (27.6) | 194 (72.4) |
 Poorer | 335 | 14.3 | 73 (21.8) | 262 (78.2) |
 Middle | 436 | 18.6 | 124 (28.4) | 312 (71.6) |
 Richer | 637 | 27.2 | 158 (24.8) | 479 (75.2) |
 Richest | 669 | 28.5 | 172 (25.7) | 497 (74.3) |
Age at first sex | ||||
  < 18 yrs | 815 | 34.8 | 192 (23.6) | 623 (76.4) |
 18–24 | 1364 | 58.2 | 347 (25.4) | 1017 (74.6) |
 25+ | 166 | 7.1 | 62 (37.4) | 104 (62.6) |
Age at first childbirth | ||||
  < 18 | 419 | 17.9 | 91 (21.7) | 328 (78.3) |
 18–24 | 1539 | 65.6 | 376 (24.4) | 1163 (75.6) |
 25+ | 387 | 16.5 | 134 (34.6) | 253 (65.4) |
Total children ever born | ||||
 1–2 | 925 | 39.5 | 218 (23.6) | 707 (76.4) |
 3–4 | 851 | 36.3 | 200 (23.5) | 651 (76.5) |
 5+ | 569 | 24.3 | 183 (32.2) | 386 (67.8) |
Number of living children | ||||
 No child | 13 | 0.6 | 6 (46.2) | 7 (53.8) |
 1–2 | 962 | 41.0 | 226 (23.5) | 736 (76.5) |
 3–4 | 857 | 36.6 | 206 (24) | 651 (76) |
 5+ | 513 | 21.9 | 163 (31.8) | 350 (68.2) |
Husband’s desire for children | ||||
 Both want same | 1104 | 47.1 | 316 (28.6) | 788 (71.4) |
 Husband wants more | 424 | 18.1 | 96 (22.6) | 328 (77.4) |
 Husband wants fewer | 80 | 3.4 | 16 (20) | 64 (80) |
 Don’t know | 737 | 31.4 | 173 (23.5) | 564 (76.5) |
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | ||||
 Not at all | 1340 | 57.1 | 352 (26.3) | 988 (73.7) |
 Less than once a week | 551 | 23.5 | 137 (24.9) | 414 (75.1) |
 At least once a week | 454 | 19.4 | 112 (24.7) | 342 (75.3) |
Frequency of listening to radio | ||||
 Not at all | 1421 | 60.6 | 398 (28) | 1023 (72) |
 Less than once a week | 471 | 20.1 | 105 (22.3) | 366 (77.7) |
 At least once a week | 453 | 19.3 | 98 (21.6) | 355 (78.4) |
Frequency of watching television | ||||
 Not at all | 1721 | 73.4 | 457 (26.6) | 1264 (73.4) |
 Less than once a week | 255 | 10.9 | 63 (24.7) | 192 (75.3) |
 At least once a week | 369 | 15.7 | 81 (22) | 288 (78) |
Decision maker on contraception | ||||
 Mainly respondent | 659 | 28.1 | 146 (22.2) | 513 (77.8) |
 Mainly husband, partner | 294 | 12.5 | 83 (28.2) | 211 (71.8) |
 Joint decision | 1367 | 58.3 | 365 (26.7) | 1002 (73.3) |
 Other | 25 | 1.2 | 7 (28) | 18 (72) |