Table 1 Weighted frequency and percentage distribution of health insurance coverage, selected socio-demographic characteristics, and modern contraceptive use among sexually active women in Nigeria

Health Insurance Coverage

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

No (%)

Yes (%)

X ² p-value

No

23,648

97.39

86.50

13.50

p < 0.001

Yes

632

2.61

74.53

25.47

Age group

p < 0.001

15–24

5,868

24.17

91.08

8.92

25–34

9,598

39.53

84.84

15.16

35 +

8,814

36.30

84.39

15.61

Level of education

p < 0.001

No education

10,872

44.78

95.35

4.65

Primary

3,466

14.27

83.60

16.40

Secondary and above

9.942

40.95

77.06

22.94

Marital status

p < 0.001

Single

1,212

4.99

72.34

27.66

Currently Married

22,103

91.03

87.26

12.74

Cohabitation

666

2.74

81.92

18.08

Previously married

299

1.23

72.67

27.33

Currently working

p < 0.001

No

7,355

30.29

91.22

8.78

Yes

16,925

69.71

83.99

16.01

Parity

p < 0.001

No child

2,760

11.37

89.35

10.65

1–3

9,941

40.94

86.08

13.92

4 and above

11,579

47.69

85.52

14.48

Desire for more children

p < 0.001

Want more

17,140

70.59

88.99

11.01

Undecided

1,435

5.91

82.27

17.73

No desire

5,705

23.50

78.74

21.26

Ethnicity

p < 0.001

Hausa

10,647

43.85

93.90

6.09

Yoruba

3,243

13.36

71.78

28.22

Igbo

2,790

11.49

80.58

19.42

Others

7,600

31.30

83.57

16.43

Religious

p < 0.001

Christianity

9,395

38.69

77.41

22.59

Islam

14,765

60.81

91.69

8.31

Traditional & Others

120

0.49

95.04

4.96

Read Newspaper

p < 0.001

No

21,140

87.07

87.76

12.24

Yes

3,140

12.93

75.61

24.39

Listening to radio

p < 0.001

No

11,176

46.03

90.58

9.42

Yes

13,104

53.97

82.44

17.56

Watch television

p < 0.001

No

12,960

53.38

92.91

7.09

Yes

11,320

46.62

78.48

21.52

Wealth Index

p < 0.001

Poorest

5,047

20.79

96.02

3.98

Poorer

5,190

21.38

92.61

7.39

Middle

4,541

18.70

87.13

12.87

Richer

4,672

19.24

78.84

21.16

Richest

4,830

19.89

75.22

24.78

Place of residence

p < 0.001

Urban

9,751

40.16

79.07

20.93

Rural

14,529

59.84

90.96

9.04

Region

p < 0.001

North-Central

3,097

12.76

82.75

17.25

North-East

4,345

17.89

91.17

8.83

North-West

8,612

35.47

93.04

6.96

South-West

1,978

8.15

83.43

16.57

South-South

2,490

10.26

79.61

20.39

South-West

3,758

15.48

73.36

26.64

Modern contraceptive use

24,280

100%

86.18

13.82