Birth Intervals and Associated Factors among Women Attending Young Child Clinic in Yumbe Hospital, Uganda

Table 4

Bivariate analysis of factors and short birth intervals among women attending YCC in rural Uganda.

Factors	Number (and %) of women with the birth interval		COR (95% CI)	value
	<24 months; (52.4)	≥24 months; (47.6)
Age
35-44	6 (21.4)	22 (78.6)	1.0
25-34	81 (51.9)	75 (48.1)	3.96 (1.52-10.30)	0.005
15-24	68 (60.7)	44 (39.3)	5.67 (2.13-15.09)	0.001
Residence
Rural	146 (52.3)	133 (47.7)	1.0
Urban	9 (52.9)	8 (47.1)	1.02 (0.38-2.73)	0.961
Marital status
Married	150 (53.0)	133 (47.0)	1.0
Single & divorced	5 (38.5)	8 (61.5)	0.55 (0.18-1.74)	0.311
Education level
No education	26 (45.6)	31 (54.4)	1.0
Primary	104 (55.9)	82 (44.1)	1.51 (0.83-2.74)	0.174
Secondary+	25 (47.2)	28 (52.8)	1.06 (0.50-2.25)	0.870
Religion
Muslim	145 (52.9)	129 (47.1)	1.0
Non-Muslim	10 (45.5)	12 (54.5)	0.74 (0.31-1.77)	0.501
Occupation
Housewife	130 (55.3)	105 (44.7)	1.0
Formal employment	8 (40.0)	12 (60.0)	0.54 (0.21-1.37)	0.192
Informal employment	17 (41.5)	24 (58.5)	0.57 (0.29-1.12)	0.104
Number of live births
5+	29 (47.5)	32 (52.5)	1.0
2-4	126 (53.6)	109 (46.4)	1.28 (0.73-2.24)	0.398
Sex of the 2^nd last born
Female	68 (46.3)	79 (53.7)	1.0
Male	87 (58.4)	62 (41.6)	1.63 (1.03-2.58)	0.037
Pregnancy wanted
No	115 (68.0)	54 (32.0)	1.0
Yes	40 (31.5)	87 (68.5)	0.22 (0.13-0.35)	<0.001
Contraceptive use before the next pregnancy
Never	86 (62.3)	52 (37.7)	1.0
Sometimes	57 (53.3)	50 (46.7)	0.69 (0.41-1.15)
Always	12 (23.5)	39 (76.5)	0.19 (0.09-0.39)	<0.001
Decide together with husband when to have next child
Never	54 (36.7)	28 (21.2)	1.0
Sometimes	53 (36.1)	34 (24.8)	4.00 (0.45-1.50)	<0.001
Always	40 (27.2)	74 (54.0)	2.85 (0.16-0.51)	<0.001
Influence of husband when to have the next baby
No	86 (58.1)	62 (41.9)	1.0
Yes	60 (46.1)	74 (53.9)	1.70 (0.39-098)	0.033