Fertility Limiting Intention and Contraceptive Use among Currently Married Men in Nepal: Evidence from Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016
Table 3
Beta coefficients (and standard errors) from multinomial logistic regression analyses assessing associations between selected characteristics and use of specific methods.
Characteristics
Female sterilization vs. no use: beta coefficients(SE)
Male sterilization vs. no use: beta coefficients(SE)
Traditional vs. no use: beta coefficients(SE)
Other temporary method vs. no use: beta coefficients(SE)
Age
20-35
-1.1(0.32)
-1.20(0.55)
0.07(0.32)
0.25(0.29)
35-49 (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
No. and sex of living children
one or two: sons only
1.80(0.45)
-0.51(0.54)
0.91(0.56)
0.51(0.41)
Two: 1son, 1 daughter
0.99(0.52)
-0.45(0.55)
0.69(0.55)
0.35(0.45)
Three:1 son, 2 daughters
-0.02(0.48)
-0.39(0.54)
-0.21(0.56)
-0.13(0.41)
Three:2sons, 1 daughter
1.49(0.47)
-0.01(0.55)
0.13(0.57)
-0.14(0.44)
Four: 1son, 3 daughters
1.99(1.08)
1.59(1.10)
1.65(1.18)
2.66(1.02)
Four: 2sons, 2 daughters
0.68(0.45)
-0.42(0.62)
-0.39(0.66)
-0.45(0.47)
Three or more sons only
1.94(0.81)
-0.21(0.95)
-2.19(1.28)
0.96(0.73)
Daughters only
-1.34(0.69)
-0.88(0.72)
0.69(0.67)
0.27(0.51)
Others1 (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Place of residence
Urban
-0.07 (0.34)
0.39(0.38)
-0.36(0.36)
0.33(0.30)
Rural (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Province
Province 1
-1.60 (0.61)
-2.10(0.71)
-0.84(0.64)
-1.66(0.52)
Province 2
-0.58 (0.63)
-2.85(0.81)
-1.4(0.78)
-2.01(0.60)
Province 3
-1.9 (0.65)
-0.13(0.68)
-1.7(0.76)
-1.80(0.57)
Province 4
-0.51 (0.71)
0.84(0.78)
-0.16(0.77)
-1.01(0.62)
Province 5
-0.43 (0.61)
-0.92(0.74)
-0.02(0.67)
-0.21(0.56)
Province 6
-1.2(0.64)
0.41(0.78)
-1.3(0.73)
-1.29(0.60)
Province 7 (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Ecological zone
Mountain
-2.10(0.72)
-0.56(0.70)
0.74(0.65)
0.55(0.49)
Hill
-0.49 (0.40)
-0.28(0.49)
0.61(0.43)
0.57(0.34)
Terai (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Education
Secondary or higher
-0.18(0.42)
1.01(0.51)
0.66(0.53)
0.26(0.38)
Primary
0.42(0.45)
0.81(0.53)
0.36(0.49)
0.46(0.41)
None (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Occupation
Professional
-0.16(0.48)
-0.62(0.56)
0.44(0.51)
0.19(0.44)
Clerical/sales/services
0.58(0.36)
0.39(0.40)
0.33(0.42)
0.04(0.31)
Manual skilled/unskilled
0.48(0.38)
0.56(0.48)
0.63(0.46)
0.44(0.35)
Agriculture (ref)
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Wealth quintile
Lowest
0.74(0.58)
2.4(0.68)
1.15(0.63)
1.37(0.50)
Second
1.8(0.51)
2.6(0.63)
0.73(0.55)
1.52(0.42)
Middle
0.91(0.43)
1.13(0.60)
0.07(0.49)
0.47(0.37)
Fourth
0.25(0.33)
1.2(0.55)
-0.41(0.41)
0.29(0.30)
Highest
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Ethnicity
Hill Brahamin/Chettri
-1.2(0.49)
-0.36(0.57)
-0.46(0.49)
-0.93(0.46)
Janajatis
-2.5(0.32)
-0.30(0.53)
-0.08(0.43)
-0.15(0.37)
Other
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Decision making on family planning
Mainly wife
0.66(0.49)
-1.77(0.54)
-2.3(0.59)
0.60(0.46)
Wife and husband jointly
0.49(0.43)
-0.72(0.41)
-0.83(0.39)
0.58(0.39)
Self
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Decision makers about spousal health care
Women herself
-0.59(0.43)
-0.12(0.45)
0.46(0.45)
-0.12(0.38)
Both
-0.14(0.32)
-0.30(0.37)
-0.36(0.35)
-0.09(0.30)
Someone else/others
-0.31(0.62)
-0.47(0.78)
-0.27(0.74)
-0.19(0.58)
Self
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Exposure to family planning messages in last few months
Radio, TV and news paper
0.22(0.55)
1.68(0.60)
0.75(0.54)
0.90(0.47)
Any two media
-0.45(0.34)
0.56(0.40)
-0.25(0.44)
0.08(0.30)
One media
0.07(0.31)
0.72(0.42)
0.75(0.54)
0.07(0.29)
None
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Intercept -2 log-likelihood
0.69(0.91)
-0.85(1.1)
0.33(1.07)
0.58(0.86)
p<0.05, p<0.01, and p<0.001. 1Including families with three sons and one daughter, with five or six children of both sexes, and with seven children. Note: ref=reference; SE =standard error.
