Table 1 Distribution of modern contraceptive use across individual andcommunity-level factors among AGYW in Mali (Weighted)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage | Modern contraceptive use | X2 (p-value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 9.4 (p < 0.05) | |||
15–19 | 1077 | 40.8 | 13.3 | |
20–24 | 1562 | 59.2 | 19.7 | |
Marital status | 67.8 (p < 0.001) | |||
Never married | 456 | 17.3 | 26.4 | |
Married | 2090 | 79.2 | 14.5 | |
Cohabiting | 48 | 1.8 | 33.2 | |
Widowed/divorced | 45 | 1.7 | 27.8 | |
Religion | 1.7 (p = 0.419) | |||
Islam | 2439 | 92.5 | 17.2 | |
Other | 200 | 7.5 | 15.4 | |
Educational level | 142.3 (p < 0.001) | |||
No education | 1394 | 52.8 | 11.9 | |
Primary | 450 | 17.1 | 11.5 | |
Secondary/higher | 794 | 30.1 | 29.4 | |
Employment status | 7.4 (p < 0.05) | |||
Not working | 1300 | 49.3 | 16.8 | |
Working | 1339 | 50.7 | 17.3 | |
Wealth quintile | 90.2 (p < 0.001) | |||
Poorest | 361 | 13.7 | 10.1 | |
Poorer | 487 | 18.5 | 9.5 | |
Middle | 559 | 21.2 | 14.1 | |
Richer | 582 | 22.1 | 21.9 | |
Richest | 650 | 24.6 | 25.0 | |
Age at first sex | 0.3 (p = 0.612) | |||
Less than 20 years | 2514 | 95.3 | 17.2 | |
20–24 years | 125 | 4.7 | 15.2 | |
Parity | 9.9 (p < 0.05) | |||
No birth | 766 | 29.0 | 12.5 | |
One birth | 924 | 35.0 | 19.6 | |
Two births | 603 | 22.9 | 19.1 | |
Three or more births | 346 | 13.1 | 17.0 | |
Ethnicity | 56.2 (p < 0.001) | |||
Bambara | 899 | 34.1 | 19.9 | |
Malinka | 268 | 10.1 | 15.2 | |
Peulh | 368 | 13.9 | 11.2 | |
Sarakole | 231 | 8.8 | 13.6 | |
Sonreal | 136 | 5.2 | 9.2 | |
Dogon | 186 | 7.0 | 20.9 | |
Touaeg | 55 | 2.1 | 5.0 | |
Sonoufo | 276 | 10.5 | 23.5 | |
Bobo | 48 | 1.8 | 14.6 | |
Others | 172 | 6.5 | 19.6 | |
Exposure to mass media | 18.6 (p < 0.001) | |||
No | 462 | 17.5 | 11.9 | |
Yes | 2177 | 82.5 | 18.2 | |
Desire for more children | 5.4 (p < 0.05) | |||
Have another | 2561 | 97.1 | 17.2 | |
Undecided | 42 | 1.6 | 11.7 | |
No more | 35 | 1.3 | 16.1 | |
Ideal number of children | 19.2 (p < 0.001) | |||
0–3 | 227 | 8.6 | 22.1 | |
4–5 | 1188 | 45.0 | 20.8 | |
6+ | 1223 | 46.4 | 12.6 | |
Place of residence | 21.0 (p < 0.001) | |||
Urban | 710 | 26.9 | 25.0 | |
Rural | 1929 | 73.1 | 14.2 | |
Community literacy level | 82.3 (p < 0.001) | |||
Low | 924 | 35.0 | 10.1 | |
Moderate | 892 | 33.8 | 16.9 | |
High | 824 | 31.3 | 25.1 | |
Community socio-economic status | 62.6 (p < 0.001) | |||
Low | 1595 | 60.4 | 12.6 | |
Moderate | 190 | 7.2 | 18.3 | |
High | 854 | 32.4 | 25.1 | |
Community knowledge of modern method | 61.3 (p < 0.001) | |||
Low | 701 | 26.6 | 9.3 | |
Moderate | 1938 | 73.3 | 19.9 | |