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Table 1 General characteristics and bivariate analysis of differences in PPFP use

From: Postpartum family planning uptake in Uganda: findings from the lot quality assurance sampling survey

Characteristic

N (%); N = 8,103

 

Modern FP use

p-value

  

No (n = 7289)

Yes (n = 814)

 

Child sex

    

0.847

Male

Female

3936 (48.6%)

4167 (51.4%)

 

3538 (89.9%)

3751 (90.0%)

398 (10.1%)

416 (10.0%)

 

Child age

    

< 0.001*

0–6 months

7–12 months

4632 (57.2%)

3471 (42.8%)

 

4422 (95.5%)

2867 (82.6%)

210 (4.5%)

604 (17.4%)

 

Age

    

0.004*

<=19

20–24

25+

950 (11.7%)

2632 (31.5%)

4521 (55.8%)

 

883 (92.9)

2363 (89.8%)

4043 (89.4%)

67 (7.1%)

269 (10.2%)

478 (10.6%)

 

Marital status

    

0.255

Not in union

In union

502 (6.2%)

7601 (93.8%)

 

459 (91.4%)

6830 (89.9%)

43 (8.6%)

771 (10.1%)

 

Level of education

    

< 0.001*

None

Primary

Secondary

Higher than secondary

491 (6.1%)

5424 (66.9%)

1615 (19.9%)

537 (7.1%)

 

448 (91.2%)

4942 (91.1%)

1405 (87.0%)

494 (86.2%)

43 (8.8%)

482 (8.9%)

210 (13.0%)

79 (13.8%)

 

Residence

    

< 0.001*

Urban

Rural

1720 (21.2%)

6383 (78.8)

 

1411 (82.0%)

5878 (92.1%)

309 (18.0%)

505 (7.9%)

 

Currently breastfeeding

    

< 0.001*

Yes

No

7780 (96.0%)

323 (4.0%)

 

7033 (90.4%)

256 (79.3%)

747 (9.6%)

67 (20.7%)

 

Member of a mother care grp

    

0.898

Yes

No

484 (6.0%)

7617 (94.0%)

 

438 (90.1)

6851 (89.9%)

48 (9.9%)

766 (10.1%)

 

Reproductive health characteristics

    

Attended ANC

    

0.102

Yes

No

7942 (98%)

161 (2%)

 

7138 (89.9%)

151 (93.8%)

804 (10.1%)

10 (6.2%)

 

Months at 1st ANC visit

    

0.038*

1

2

3

4

5

511 (6.4%)

1132 (14.3%)

2347 (29.5%)

1991 (25.1%)

1961 (24.7%)

 

472 (92.4%)

1005 (88.8%)

2111 (89.9%)

1767 (88.8%)

1783 (90.9%)

39 (7.6%)

127 (11.2%)

236 (10.1%)

224 (11.3%)

178 (9.1%)

 

No. of visits

    

0.481

1–7

8+

7207 (91.9%)

635 (8.1%)

 

6474 (89.8%)

576 (90.7%)

733 (10.2%)

59 (9.3%)

 

Delivery place

    

< 0.001*

Health facility

Home

Other place

6997 (86.3%)

1051 (13.0%)

55 (0.7%)

 

6256 (89.4%)

982 (93.4%)

51 (92.7%)

741 (10.6%)

69 (6.6%)

4 (7.3%)

 

Delivery person

    

< 0.001*

Skilled

Non skilled

TBA

7010 (86.5%)

671 (8.3%)

422 (5.1%)

 

6266 (89.4%)

631 (94.0%)

392 (92.9%)

744 (10.6%)

40 (6.0%)

30 (7.1%)

 

Last pregnancy wanted

    

0.493

Yes

No

5285 (67.0%)

2728 (34.0%)

 

4740 (89.7%)

2460 (90.2%)

545 (10.3%)

268 (9.8%)

 
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