Modern Contraceptive Use and Influencing Factors in Amhara Regional State: Further Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey Data 2016

Table 3

Modern contraceptive use by sociodemographic characteristics of married reproductive-age women in the Amhara region, EDHS 2016.

Variables	MC use, n (%)	value
Residence		0.064
Urban	214 (61.5)
Rural	918 (49.4)
Educational status		<0.001
No education	701 (45.9)
Primary	257 (56.9)
Secondary+	174 (76.1)
Religion		0. 403
Orthodox	941 (50.6)
Muslim	191 (54.9)
Occupational status	0. 540
Not working	431 (50.0)
Working	701 (52.2)
Wealth index		0.022
Poor	339 (43.4)
Middle	290 (54.7)
Rich	504 (56.2)
Family size		0.026
≤4	501 (55.6)
5–8	591 (49.4)
≥9	40 (37.1)
Age at first marriage		0.235
≤18	898 (49.9)
19–24	194 (57.8)
≥25	41 (57.6)
Partner education		0.106
No education	647 (46.6)
Primary	289 (56.9)
Secondary+	181 (65.7)
Do not know	15 (44.0)
Partner occupation		0.106
Have no work	11 (27.9)
Have work	1118 (51.8)
Do not know	2 (29.4)
Future fertility preference		<0.001
Want more soon	155 (36.8)
Want later	463 (62.4)
Want but time not decided	32 (52.5)
Undecided	67 (58.1)
Want no	411 (50.4)
Declared infecund	2 (4.9)
Number of children ever born		<0.001
0	138 (60.5)
1–2	371 (59.0)
3–4	329 (58.0)
≥5	294 (37.6)
Number of living children		<0.001
0	141 (60.8)
1–2	419 (58.9)
3–4	341 (54.0)
≥5	231 (36.6)
Ideal number of children		<0.001
≤3	236 (56.9)
>3	785 (53.2)
Undecided	111 (35.1)
Visit health facility		0.259
No	521 (49.4)
Yes	611 (53.1)