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Table 2 Distribution of modern contraceptive use across individual and contextual factors of adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Predictors of modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed effects multilevel analysis of data fromĀ 29 demographic and health surveys

Variables

Weighted N

Weighted %

Modern contraceptive use

Ļ‡2 (p-value)

Age

365.7 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒ15ā€“19

33,197

36.4

21.1

Ā 

ā€ƒ20ā€“24

57,886

63.6

26.8

Ā 

Marital status

476.9 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNever married

33,359

36.6

28.5

Ā 

ā€ƒMarried

38,564

42.3

21.3

Ā 

ā€ƒCohabiting

14,012

15.4

24.6

Ā 

ā€ƒWidowed/divorced/separated

5148

5.7

25.7

Ā 

Religion

8.2 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒChristianity

60,928

66.9

29.1

Ā 

ā€ƒIslam

25,992

28.5

15.0

Ā 

ā€ƒOther

4162

4.6

20.5

Ā 

Employment status

45.3 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNot working

37,956

41.7

26.2

Ā 

ā€ƒWorking

53,127

58.3

23.6

Ā 

Age at first sex

281.8 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒLess than 15ā€‰years

19,252

21.1

20.1

Ā 

ā€ƒ15ā€“19ā€‰years

65,236

71.6

25.9

Ā 

ā€ƒ20ā€“24ā€‰years

6595

7.2

26.2

Ā 

Parity

371.0 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNo birth

33,799

37.1

22.3

Ā 

ā€ƒOne birth

31,748

34.9

27.0

Ā 

ā€ƒTwo births

16,884

18.5

27.6

Ā 

ā€ƒThree births

6577

7.2

21.7

Ā 

ā€ƒFour or more births

2074

2.3

14.7

Ā 

Frequency of reading newspaper/magazine

7.9 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNot at all

70,291

77.2

21.4

Ā 

ā€ƒLess than once a week

10,880

12.0

35.4

Ā 

ā€ƒAt least once a week

9912

10.9

36.5

Ā 

Frequency of listening to radio

698.1 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNot at all

36,24

40.1

20.5

Ā 

ā€ƒLess than once a week

17,828

19.6

26.0

Ā 

ā€ƒAt least once a week

36,731

40.3

28.3

Ā 

Frequency of watching television

640.2 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒNot at all

48,953

53.8

21.6

Ā 

ā€ƒLess than once a week

11,640

12.8

25.9

Ā 

ā€ƒAt least once a week

30,490

33.5

29.3

Ā 

Desire for more children

263.2 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒHave another

81,348

89.3

24.4

Ā 

ā€ƒUndecided

3668

4.0

20.1

Ā 

ā€ƒNo more

6067

6.7

31.7

Ā 

Ideal number of children

12.5 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒ0ā€“3

28,448

31.2

33.7

Ā 

ā€ƒ4ā€“5

41,582

45.7

25.6

Ā 

ā€ƒ6+

21,052

23.1

10.8

Ā 

Place of residence

969.0 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒUrban

37,290

40.9

30.0

Ā 

ā€ƒRural

53,793

59.1

21.0

Ā 

Community literacy level

3.3 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒLow

29,156

32.0

18.1

Ā 

ā€ƒModerate

33,323

36.6

27.0

Ā 

ā€ƒHigh

28,603

31.4

28.8

Ā 

Community socio-economic status

7.3 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒLow

50,072

55.0

19.9

Ā 

ā€ƒModerate

7563

8.3

30.7

Ā 

ā€ƒHigh

33,448

36.7

30.5

Ā 

Community knowledge of modern method

6.0 (<ā€‰0.001)

ā€ƒLow

72,827

78.0

27.1

Ā 

ā€ƒModerate

16,786

18.4

15.6

Ā 

ā€ƒHigh

1470

1.6

9.5

Ā 
  1. Source: Demographic and Health Surveys