Research Article
Fertility Limiting Intention and Contraceptive Use among Currently Married Men in Nepal: Evidence from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
Table 2
Percentage distribution of married men who did not want more children, by current contraceptive method, according to selected characteristics.
| | Characteristics | Female sterilization (N=363) | Male sterilization (N=138) | Traditional method (N=146) | Temporary method (N=571) | Nonuse (N=333) | Total (N=1,551) | | 95 CI | | 95 CI | | 95 CI | | 95 CI | | 95 CI | |
| | All | 23.4 | 20.5-26.6 | 8.9 | 7.2-11.1 | 9.4 | 7.6-11.6 | 36.8 | 33.4-40.4 | 21.5 | 18.8-24.4 | 100 | | Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20-29 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.9 | 0.7 | 0.2-2.2 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.2 | 53.8 | 45.8-61.6 | 24.5 | 17.7-33.0 | 169 | | 30-39 | 18.0 | 14.5-22.0 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.7 | 11.2 | 8.6-14.4 | 40.9 | 36.3-45.7 | 21.3 | 17.5-25.7 | 680 | | 40-49 | 31.8 | 27.2-36.8 | 11.2 | 8.8-14.1 | 7.4 | 5.5-10.0 | 28.7 | 23.4-34.6 | 20.9 | 17.1-25.3 | 702 | | Number and sex of living children | | | | | | | | | | | | | one or two son’s only | 26.0 | 19.6-33.5 | 5.5 | 3.4-8.9 | 13.8 | 8.9-20.6 | 36.1 | 28.5-44.4 | 18.7 | 13.5-25.3 | 290 | | Two:1son, 1 daughter | 14.2 | 10.1-19.4 | 8.7 | 5.0-14.7 | 12.7 | 9.0-17.6 | 43.0 | 36.1-50.2 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.2 | 335 | | Three: 1 son, 2 daughters | 14.3 | 9.2-21.6 | 10.6 | 6.7-16.4 | 7.8 | 4.6-13.0 | 37.3 | 29.6-45.8 | 29.9 | 21.5-39.8 | 174 | | Three: 2sons, 1 daughter | 39.1 | 30.6-48.3 | 14.4 | 8.4-23.5 | 5.9 | 3.5-9.9 | 24.3 | 18.3-31.3 | 16.3 | 11.3-22.9 | 183 | | Four:1 son, 3 daughters | 21.4 | 12.9-33.3 | 7.4 | 3.3-15.8 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.5 | 51.6 | 37.2-65.8 | 13.2 | 6.8-24.1 | 76 | | Four:2 sons,2 daughters | 37.3 | 27.7-48.0 | 8.4 | 4.8-14.5 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.6 | 26.4 | 19.0-35.3 | 23.1 | 15.5-32.9 | 117 | | Four:3 sons,1 daughter | 38.4 | 22.4-57.3 | 13.9 | 6.8-26.5 | 2.7 | 0.7-9.5 | 32.6 | 19.4-49.1 | 12.4 | 5.2-26.7 | 43 | | Five:2 sons,3 daughters | 26.9 | 15.1-43.3 | 12.3 | 5.7-24.6 | 8.9 | 3.4-20.9 | 31.0 | 19.3-45.8 | 20.9 | 11.2-35.6 | 49 | | Five: >=3sons, at least 1 daughter | 18.3 | 10.1-30.8 | 12 | 5.9-22.9 | 2.5 | 0.6-9.9 | 39.9 | 27.6-53.5 | 27.4 | 16.4-41.9 | 57 | | six:>=2 sons, at least 1 daughter | 34.1 | 13.1-64.0 | 17.3 | 4.8-46.8 | 7.0 | 1.0-36.9 | 15.2 | 3.6-46.2 | 26.4 | 10.2-53.2 | 13 | | Three or more: sons only | 41.6 | 28.5-56.0 | 5.2 | 2.0-13.2 | 0.3 | 0.0-2.5 | 38.3 | 25.6-52.9 | 14.5 | 7.5-26.3 | 60 | | Daughters only | 1.7 | 0.4-7.8 | 5.0 | 1.9-12.5 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.6 | 50.3 | 37.9-62.7 | 26.6 | 17.3-38.6 | 78 | | Others | 17.8 | 10.4-28.9 | 6.5 | 2.8-14.5 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.2 | 34.4 | 24.4-46.1 | 31.0 | 21.3-42.7 | 78 | | Place of residence | | | | | | | | | | | | | Urban | 21.3 | 17.7-25.4 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.0 | 9.2 | 7.0-12.1 | 39.2 | 34.6-44.0 | 20.4 | 17.2-24.1 | 969 | | Rural | 27.0 | 21.6-33.0 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.3 | 32.8 | 27.7-38.3 | 23.2 | 18.8-28.3 | 583 | | Province | | | | | | | | | | | | | Province 1 | 20.0 | 12.2-30.8 | 3.4 | 1.6-7.0 | 14.2 | 9.3-21.0 | 38.9 | 31.1-47.3 | 23.5 | 18.1-29.9 | 265 | | Province 2 | 54.6 | 47.4-61.7 | 1.1 | 0.4-3.3 | 3.8 | 1.9-7.2 | 16.8 | 12.5-22.3 | 23.6 | 18.2-30.0 | 325 | | Province 3 | 8.4 | 4.7-14.7 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.5 | 8.1 | 4.2-15.2 | 43.8 | 33.4-54.9 | 24.3 | 17.1-33.3 | 337 | | Province 4 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.7 | 20.4 | 12.5-31.3 | 14.3 | 9.3-21.2 | 34.9 | 27.1-43.7 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.4 | 139 | | Province 5 | 18.7 | 13.4-25.5 | 3.9 | 2.0-7.4 | 11.0 | 7.0-16.8 | 44.2 | 36.8-51.9 | 22.2 | 15.5-30.7 | 259 | | Province 6 | 7.3 | 4.5-11.6 | 26.3 | 18.5-36.1 | 7.8 | 4.5-12.9 | 40.0 | 32.5-48.0 | 18.7 | 12.1-27.7 | 86 | | Province 7 | 19.5 | 13.1-28.1 | 9.3 | 5.1-16.3 | 9.8 | 5.9-16.0 | 48.1 | 39.6-56.7 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.6 | 141 | | Ecological zone | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mountain | 2.5 | 0.8-7.8 | 13.6 | 7.3-24.0 | 11.8 | 7.8-17.5 | 48.6 | 38.2-59.1 | 23.5 | 16.5-32.2 | 103 | | Hill | 10.7 | 7.9-14.4 | 13.1 | 10.2-16.6 | 11.2 | 8.0-15.3 | 45.3 | 38.9-51.8 | 19.8 | 15.5-24.9 | 637 | | Terai | 36.1 | 31.1-41.4 | 5.1 | 2.9-8.7 | 7.7 | 5.7-10.4 | 28.6 | 25.1-32.4 | 22.5 | 19.0-26.5 | 812 | | Education | | | | | | | | | | | | | Secondary or higher | 19.4 | 16.3-22.9 | 9.8 | 7.8-12.4 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.1 | 37.8 | 32.8-43.1 | 20.9 | 17.4-25.0 | 871 | | Primary | 25.4 | 20.5-31.1 | 9.5 | 6.1-14.5 | 7.0 | 4.4-10.8 | 38.3 | 33.5-43.4 | 19.8 | 15.5-24.9 | 422 | | None | 33.8 | 26.3-42.2 | 4.9 | 2.9-8.2 | 4.4 | 2.4-7.8 | 30.9 | 25.2-37.2 | 26.0 | 20.5-32.4 | 258 | | Occupation | | | | | | | | | | | | | Professional | 13.1 | 7.5-21.7 | 7 | 3.8-12.6 | 16 | 9.6-25.4 | 46.1 | 35.3-57.3 | 17.8 | 11.2-27.1 | 139 | | Clerical/sales/services | 23.5 | 18.7-29.2 | 10 | 7.0-14.1 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.1 | 34.4 | 28.3-41.1 | 21.4 | 16.7-27.1 | 451 | | Manualskilled/unskilled | 27.5 | 21.9-33.9 | 8.2 | 4.4-14.7 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.3 | 36.3 | 29.7-43.4 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.1 | 398 | | Agriculture | 23.1 | 19.0-27.8 | 9.4 | 6.9-12.8 | 8.2 | 5.7-11.6 | 37.4 | 32.5-42.5 | 21.9 | 18.0-26.5 | 519 | | Wealth index | | | | | | | | | | | | | Poorest | 9.2 | 6.0-14.1 | 12.6 | 8.9-17.4 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.3 | 46.2 | 40.8-51.7 | 21.2 | 16.5-26.9 | 276 | | Poorer | 25.2 | 19.4-31.9 | 10.7 | 7.3-15.3 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.7 | 38.8 | 33.3-44.5 | 18.6 | 13.9-24.4 | 307 | | Middle | 37.5 | 31.3-44.2 | 5.4 | 3.3-8.8 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.0 | 28 | 22.7-34.1 | 21.7 | 16.5-28.0 | 297 | | Richer | 27.3 | 21.2-34.3 | 9.1 | 4.9-16.3 | 7.0 | 4.5-10.8 | 30.8 | 24.6-37.8 | 25.8 | 20.1-32.5 | 331 | | Richest | 17.3 | 11.8-24.7 | 7.2 | 4.5-11.4 | 14.7 | 10.0-21.2 | 40.8 | 31.5-50.9 | 19.9 | 14.2-27.1 | 340 | | Ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hill Brahamin/Chhettri | 10.2 | 6.9-14.9 | 15.4 | 11.8-19.8 | 13.1 | 10.1-16.7 | 38.9 | 33.6-44.5 | 22.4 | 18.0-27.5 | 436 | | Terai caste | 49.6 | 42.3-57.0 | 2.1 | 0.8-5.1 | 4.7 | 2.5-8.6 | 18.0 | 13.3-23.8 | 25.7 | 19.2-33.4 | 286 | | Janjatis | 19.7 | 15.1-25.3 | 8.0 | 5.1-12.5 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.9 | 43.8 | 37.5-50.2 | 18.3 | 14.5-22.9 | 600 | | Dalit | 28.2 | 21.0-36.7 | 9.8 | 4.3-20.7 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.7 | 37.6 | 29.8-46.1 | 17.4 | 11.8-24.8 | 175 | | Muslim and Others | 17.7 | 8.6-33.0 | 0 | | 3.7 | 1.1-12.1 | 38.7 | 24.6-55.0 | 39.9 | 23.5-58.9 | 55 | | Decision making on Family Planning | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mainly wife | 28.7 | 22.4-35.9 | 4.9 | 2.8-8.5 | 3.3 | 1.7-6.2 | 51.6 | 43.1-59.9 | 11.5 | 7.1-18.2 | 254 | | Wife and husband jointly | 29.0 | 25.0-33.4 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.3 | 9.2 | 7.1-11.7 | 41.2 | 36.9-45.6 | 11.0 | 8.3-14.5 | 868 | | Self | 14.9 | 10.1-21.5 | 23.1 | 16.1-31.9 | 22.9 | 16.3-31.1 | 29.2 | 22.3-37.1 | 10.0 | 6.0-16.3 | 182 | | Decision makers about spousal health care | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women herself | 12.4 | 8.0-18.6 | 10.5 | 7.1-15.3 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.9 | 40.2 | 32.5-48.5 | 22.4 | 15.7-30.9 | 224 | | Both | 28.2 | 23.4-33.5 | 6.7 | 4.7-9.4 | 8.7 | 6.4-11.6 | 35.3 | 31.0-39.7 | 21.1 | 17.6-25.2 | 671 | | Self | 22.1 | 18.1-26.7 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.6 | 8.5 | 6.3-11.4 | 37.3 | 31.8-43.1 | 20.7 | 16.9-25.1 | 594 | | Someone else/Others | 24.4 | 15.1-36.9 | 3.7 | 1.3-10.0 | 7.2 | 2.7-17.7 | 35.7 | 23.4-50.1 | 29.0 | 18.0-43.1 | 62 | | Exposure to family planning messages in last few months | | | | | | | | | | | | | Radio-TV and news paper | 10.9 | 5.8-19.6 | 15 | 9.1-23.7 | 14.6 | 9.5-21.7 | 45.6 | 31.8-60.0 | 13.9 | 8.9-21.1 | 218 | | Any two media | 20.1 | 15.7-25.3 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.3 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.9 | 39.5 | 33.9-45.3 | 20.7 | 15.4-27.3 | 316 | | One media | 23.5 | 18.9-28.9 | 10.3 | 7.6-13.9 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.6 | 35.2 | 30.1-40.6 | 22.0 | 17.7-27.0 | 476 | | None | 30.3 | 25.6-35.5 | 4.2 | 2.9-6.2 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.4 | 33.1 | 28.5-38.0 | 24.5 | 20.0-29.5 | 542 |
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p<0.001, p<0.01, and p<0.05. Note: p values are based on chi-square test. Others less than one percent are not shown in the table |
