Intergenerational Differences in Current Contraceptive Use among Married Women in Uganda

Table 1

Percentage distribution of women in marital unions who were born between 1957 and 1991 by selected background characteristics, Uganda 2006 DHS.

Characteristics	1982–1991	1972–1981	1957–1971	Total
	Ages (15–24)	Age (25–34)	Age (35–49)
Mean age	21.0	29.2	40.8	30.7
Mean parity	1.7	4.5	7.2	4.6
Current contraceptive use
No	81.6	76.2	75.7	77.6
Yes	18.4	23.8	24.3	22.6
Residence
Urban	14.7	13.8	9.2	12.6
Rural	85.3	86.2	91.0	87.4
Education level
None	14.0	23.7	40.3	26.4
Primary	67.4	58.9	50.2	58.5
Secondary+	18.6	17.3	9.5	15.2
Wealth
Poor	48.8	42.2	44.8	44.8
Middle	16.3	17.8	19.8	18.0
Rich	34.9	39.9	35.4	37.1
Region
Central 1	9.9	8.9	6.9	8.6
Central 2	7.0	9.3	9.1	8.5
Kampala	8.0	7.5	3.9	6.5
East central	11.0	11.7	11.3	11.4
Eastern	13.2	11.9	12.4	12.4
North	21.9	20.4	24.4	22.1
West nile	7.4	9.2	9.5	8.8
Western	11.7	9.8	11.1	10.8
South west	9.1	11.5	11.4	10.8
Number of women	1,481	2,158	1,723	5,362

Note: Some percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding of figures.