Intergenerational Differences in Current Contraceptive Use among Married Women in Uganda

Table 2

Associated 𝑃 values from chi-square tests for contraceptive use among women in marital unions, Uganda 2006 DHS.

Characteristics	Not using	Percent	Using	Percent
	𝑛		𝑛
Age cohort				𝑃=0.000
1982–1991	1,209	81.6	272	18.4
1972–1981	1,644	76.2	514	23.8
1957–1971	1,305	75.7	418	24.3
Residence				𝑃=0.000
Urban	375	55.6	299	44.3
Rural	3,783	80.7	905	19.3
Education level				𝑃=0.000
None	1,258	88.9	156	11.0
Primary	2,451	78.2	684	21.8
Secondary+	449	55.2	364	44.8
Wealth index				𝑃=0.000
Poor	2,136	88.8	269	11.2
Middle	779	80.6	188	19.4
Rich	1,243	62.5	747	37.5
Parity				𝑃=0.002
0–2	1,237	80.7	295	19.3
3–5	1,413	76.1	443	23.9
6+	1,508	76.4	466	23.6
Region				𝑃=0.000
Central 1	303	66.3	154	33.7
Central 2	294	63.8	167	36.2
Kampala	183	51.5	172	48.5
East Central	474	77.7	136	22.3
Eastern	534	80.2	132	19.8
North	1,081	91.1	106	8.9
West Nile	407	86.4	64	13.6
Western	459	79.5	118	20.5
South West	423	73.2	155	26.8