Research Article

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

Table 4

Factors associated with modern contraceptive use among married or in-union reproductive-age women in the Amhara region, Ethiopia 2016 EDHS.

VariablesCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)

Age
 ≤3411
 35–490.5 (0.4–0.7)0.7 (0.5–0.9)

Residence
 Urban11
 Rural0.7 (0.4–1.0)1.1 (0.7–1.9)

Age at the first marriage
 ≤181
 19–241.4 (0.9–2.0)1.0 (0.6–1.7)
 ≥251.4 (0.6–3.2)1.1 (0.5–2.5)

Education status
 No education11
 Primary1.6 (1.1–2.2)1.3 (0.9–1.7)
 Secondary+3.7 (2.0–7.1)3.0 (1.4–6.2)

Wealth index
 Poor11
 Middle1.5 (1.0–2.4)1.6 (1.0–2.5)
 Rich1.7 (1.1–2.5)1.6 (1.1–2.5)

Visited by health workers
 No1
 Yes1.4 (1.1–1.8)1.2 (0.8–1.6)

Exposed to FP message
 No1
 Yes1.4 (1.0–1.9)0.8 (0.6–1.7)

Family size
 ≤41
 5–80.8 (0.6–1.0)1.0 (0.6–1.3)
 ≥90.5 (0.3–0.9)0.6 (0.3–1.3)

Ideal number of children
 1–311
 3–120.9 (0.6–1.2)1.1 (0.8–1.6)
 Undecided0.4 (0.3–0.7)0.6 (0.4–1.0)

Future fertility preference
 Want more soon1
 Want 2 years later2.7 (2.0–4.1)2.6 (1.9–3.7)
 Want but time not decided1.9 (0.9–4.1)2.3 (1.0–5.4)
 Undecided2.4 (1.3–4.4)3.2 (1.7–6.0)
 Want no more1.7 (1.2–2.5)2.4 (1.6–3.5)
 Declare infecund0.1 (0.0–0.6)0.1 (0.0–0.8)

value ≤0.05, value ≤0.01, and value ≤0.001.