Table 1 Characteristics of women age 15–49 who used a contraceptive method within 5 years before the 2015–16 MDHS
Characteristics of contraceptive ever users | (N=5,431) n | % |
|---|---|---|
Age group | ||
15-19 | 144 | 2.5 |
20-24 | 665 | 12.2 |
25-29 | 1,058 | 19.3 |
30-34 | 1,158 | 21.7 |
35-39 | 1,146 | 21.5 |
40-44 | 817 | 14.7 |
45-49 | 443 | 8.1 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 5,252 | 96.9 |
Never married/widowed/divorced/separated | 179 | 3.1 |
Education level | ||
No formal education | 638 | 12.0 |
Primary | 2,481 | 46.7 |
Secondary | 1,842 | 32.6 |
Higher | 470 | 8.7 |
Occupation (n=5,417) | ||
Not working | 1,626 | 29.1 |
Professional/technical/managerial | 289 | 4.7 |
Clerical | 58 | 1.1 |
Sales | 996 | 18.0 |
Agricultural-self employed | 442 | 8.7 |
Agricultural-employee | 301 | 5.5 |
Household and domestic | 12 | 0.2 |
Services | 33 | 0.7 |
Skilled manual | 312 | 6.5 |
Unskilled manual | 1,348 | 25.5 |
Wealth index | ||
Poorest | 1,076 | 19.8 |
Poorer | 1,100 | 20.3 |
Middle | 1,069 | 19.2 |
Richer | 1,126 | 20.3 |
Richest | 1,060 | 20.5 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 1,551 | 28.0 |
Rural | 3,880 | 72.0 |
Region | ||
Kachin | 278 | 2.4 |
Kayah | 333 | 0.5 |
Kayin | 303 | 2.2 |
Chin | 166 | 0.4 |
Sagaing | 448 | 10.8 |
Tanintharyi | 321 | 2.3 |
Bago | 469 | 11.1 |
Magway | 362 | 7.4 |
Mandalay | 393 | 11.1 |
Mon | 339 | 3.6 |
Rakhine | 353 | 5.4 |
Yangon | 454 | 14.4 |
Shan | 340 | 10.6 |
Ayeyarwady | 473 | 15.3 |
Nay Pyi Taw | 399 | 2.8 |
Number of births in last 5 years | ||
No birth | 2,574 | 49.8 |
1 | 2,355 | 42.9 |
2 | 451 | 06.5 |
3 | 51 | 00.7 |
Number of living children | ||
0 | 449 | 9.1 |
1 | 1,461 | 28.8 |
2 | 1,533 | 28.9 |
3 | 1,012 | 18.0 |
4+ | 976 | 15.1 |
Knowledge on family planning | ||
Poor | 1,484 | 27.3 |
Good | 3,947 | 72.7 |
Exposure to FP message/source of information | ||
No exposure | 3,047 | 52.5 |
Exposure from any source | 2,384 | 47.5 |
Decision making for contraceptive use | ||
Mainly women | 1,215 | 33.0 |
Mainly husband | 75 | 1.8 |
Jointly | 2,437 | 64.9 |
Others | 18 | 0.4 |
Informed choice | ||
Yes | 806 | 22.6 |
No | 2,873 | 77.4 |