Level and Correlates of Unmet Need of Contraception among Women in Extended Postpartum in Northern Ethiopia

Table 4

The Association between unmet need for FP and different characteristics of women who are in EPPP in Tahtay Koraro Woreda, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2014.

Variables	Total unmet need		Crude odd ratio	Adjusted odds ratio
	Yes	No	95% CI	95% CI
Maternal age
15-19	14	35	1	1.00
20-24	41	74	1.39 (.67-2.87)	1.77 (.75-4.20)
25-29	38	68	1.40 (.67-2.92)	2.28 (.94-5.56)
30-34	24	47	1.28 (.58-2.82)	1.54 (.59-4.02)
35-49	33	35	2.36 (1.08-5.15)	1.82 (.68-4.88)
Maternal residence
Urban	24	111	1.00	1.00
Rural	126	148	3.94 (2.39-6.50)	7.16 (2.57-19.95)
Maternal education
No education	78	99	1.00	1.00
Primary	52	90	.73 (.47-1.15)	1.15 (.62-2.13)
Secondary and above	20	70	.36 (.20-.65)	.79 (.33-1.88)
Maternal occupation
Housewife	32	80	1.00	1.00
Farmer	108	133	2.03 (1.25-3.29)	.47 (.80-2.80)
Merchant	8	28	.71 (.294-1.73)	.78 (.25-2.48)
Others^#	2	18	.28 (.06-1.27)	.27 (.05-1.61)
Husband's education
No education	42	63	1.00	1.00
Informal education	11	17	.97 (.41-2.28)	.68 (.26-1.80)
Primary	69	87	1.19 (.72-1.97)	1.41 (.78-2,57)
Secondary and above	27	85	.46 (.27-.85)	1.44 (.63-3.30)
Husband's occupation
Farmer	110	135	1.00	1.00
Government employee	9	32	.35 (.16-.75)	1.10 (.15-7.97)
Merchant	12	41	.36 (.18-.72)	.89 (.14-5.83)
Daily laborer	19	51	.46 (.26-.82)	.67 (.10-4.31)
Household income
Low income	24	111	1.00	1.00
High income	126	148	.65 (.44-.98)	1.16 (.67-2.02)
Maternal PP week
0-12	23	116	1.00	1.00
13-25	35	73	2.42 (1.32-4.42)	2.78 (1.43-5.40)
26-38	63	49	6.49(3.6211.61)	8.16 (4.24-15.71)
39-52	29	21	6.97(3.40 14.28)	8.71 (3.90-19.44)
Ideal No. of children
Less than 5	42	119	1.00	1.00
5 and above	108	140	2.19 (1.42-3.37)	1.18 (.66-2.13)
Perceived risk of pregnancy while menses absent
Yes (high perceived risk)	42	125	1.00	1.00
No (low perceived risk)	108	134	2.40 (1.56-3.69)	1.79 (1.04-3.09)

stands for p-value < .05 and for p-value < .001. ^#Students, government employee, and daily laborer.