Table 3 Association between female sterilization use and women’s socio-demographic characteristics
From: Determinants of female sterilization method uptake among women of reproductive age group in Uganda
Characteristic | Frequency | Sterilized | P- value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not sterilized (%) | Sterilized (%) | |||
Age | ||||
Younger than 30 years | 11,000 | 100.0 | 0.0 | < 0.001 |
30 years and older | 7369 | 95.4 | 4.6 | |
Marital status | ||||
Never in Union | 4783 | 99.9 | 0.1 | < 0.001 |
Married | 11,000 | 97.3 | 2.7 | |
Formerly married | 2500 | 98.8 | 1.2 | |
Education level attained | ||||
No education | 1781 | 96.8 | 3.2 | < 0.001 |
Primary | 11,000 | 97.9 | 2.1 | |
Secondary+ | 6095 | 99.1 | 1.0 | |
Wealth quintile | ||||
Poor | 6643 | 98.1 | 1.9 | 0.529 |
Middle | 3460 | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
Rich | 8403 | 98.3 | 1.7 | |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 4943 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 0.120 |
Rural | 14,000 | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
Employment status | ||||
Not employed | 4986 | 99.1 | 0.9 | < 0.001 |
Employed | 14,000 | 97.8 | 2.2 | |
Total number of children ever born | ||||
0–3 children | 12,000 | 99.8 | 0.2 | < 0.001 |
4+ children | 6995 | 95.4 | 4.6 | |
Ideal number of children | ||||
None | 148 | 98.6 | 1.4 | < 0.001 |
1–3 children | 2937 | 99.5 | 0.5 | |
4+ children | 15,000 | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
Non-numeric | 437 | 95.6 | 4.4 | |
Ideal number of boys | ||||
None | 2278 | 98.8 | 1.2 | < 0.001 |
1–3 boys | 14,000 | 98.3 | 1.7 | |
4+ boys | 1658 | 96.3 | 3.7 | |
Non-numeric | 529 | 96.2 | 3.8 | |
Ideal number of girls | ||||
None | 2250 | 98.9 | 1.2 | < 0.001 |
1–3 girls | 14,000 | 98.4 | 1.7 | |
4+ girls | 2012 | 96.6 | 3.4 | |
Non-numeric | 529 | 96.2 | 3.8 | |
Whether respondent earns more than husband/partner | ||||
Earn more than him | 671 | 95.0 | 5.0 | 0.005 |
Earn less than him | 5244 | 97.5 | 2.5 | |
Earn about the same | 925 | 98.0 | 2.0 | |
Don’t know | 256 | 97.0 | 3.0 | |
Decision maker on respondent’s earnings | ||||
Respondent | 3733 | 97.5 | 2.5 | 0.550 |
Husband and wife | 2719 | 97.3 | 2.7 | |
Husband/Partner | 644 | 96.6 | 3.4 | |
Decision-maker on contraception | ||||
Respondent | 1340 | 93.7 | 6.4 | 0.078 |
Husband/Partner | 312 | 89.6 | 10.4 | |
Joint decision | 2721 | 93.1 | 6.9 | |
Knowledge of any family planning methods | ||||
No knowledge | 187 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.140 |
Has knowledge | 18,000 | 98.1 | 1.9 | |