Prevalence and Predictors of Contraceptives Use among Women Aged (15–49 years) with Induced Abortion History in Ghana

Table 2

Distribution and chi-square analysis of outcome (contraceptives use) across respondents’ characteristics (sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and abortion-related characteristics).

Variable	Contraceptives use
	No (%)	Yes (%)
Age
X2 = 106.8983,
15–19	61 (2.84)	54 (4.674)
20–24	224 (11.66)	222 (19.28)
25–29	347 (18.31)	282 (25.23)
30–34	363 (18.75)	18.73 (18.73)
35–39	334 (18.42)	181 (15.54)
40–44	298 (15.84)	101 (9.59)
45–49	284 (14.18)	77 (6.96)
Union
X2 = 11.5593,
Yes	1232 (64.29)	770 (70.33)
No	677 (35.71)	360 (29.67)
Educational level
X = 17.6039,
Primary	320 (16.22)	183 (17.45)
JHS	727 (39.73)	495 (44)
SHS	683 (34.81)	328 (27.54)
No education	179 (9.24)	124 (11.01)
Religion
X = 0.8010,
Christianity	1720 (92.33)	1031 (91.87)
Islam	162 (6.23)	82 (6.35)
Traditional	4 (1.87)	4 (0.32)
Others	23 (1.25)	13 (1.45)
Residence
X = 29.8850,
Rural	532 (28.14)	393 (37.71)
Urban	1377 (71.86)	737 (62.29)
Age at first intercourse
X = 0.6218,
<16	589 (30.49)	347 (31.86)
16+	1320 (69.51)	783 (68.14)
Knowledge of fertile period
X = 14.7421,
Yes	1710 (90.25)	1058 (94.23)
No	199 (9.75)	72 (5.77)
Registered with health insurance
X = 3.3315,
Yes	1543 (80.52)	941 (83.19)
No	366 (19.48)	189 (16.81)
Gravidae
X = 18.8832,
1–3	760 (39)	516 (44.67)
4–5	590 (32.56)	29 (25.24)
6+	559 (28.44)	323 (30.1)