Spousal Separation and Use of and Unmet Need for Contraception in Nepal: Results Based on a 2016 Survey

Table 1

Background characteristics of married women by their cohabitation status with their husbands, 2016.

Women’s characteristic	Cohabitation status				Total MWRA
	Cohabiting		Noncohabiting
	n	%	N	%
No. of living children
None	648	63.2	377	36.8	1025
1–2	3066	60.8	1978	39.2	5044
3–4	2148	72.4	817	27.6	2965
5+	659	78.4	181	21.6	840
Age-groups (years)
15–19	418	59.4	286	40.6	704
20–24	929	55.1	755	44.9	1684
25–29	1118	57.1	839	42.9	1957
30–34	1084	62.8	642	37.2	1726
35–39	1075	71.2	436	28.8	1510
40–44	1030	80.3	253	19.7	1283
45–49	868	85.9	143	14.1	1011
Level of educational
No education	2784	69.9	1200	30.1	3984
Primary	1182	63.8	670	36.2	1853
Secondary	1797	62.1	1094	37.9	2891
Higher	758	66.1	389	33.9	1147
Place of residence
Urban	4112	68.2	1919	31.8	6031
Rural	2409	62.7	1434	37.3	3844
Province
Province 1	1118	67.5	537	32.5	1655
Province 2	1329	61.3	839	38.7	2168
Province 3	1446	75.3	473	24.7	1920
Province 4	553	58.2	397	41.8	950
Province 5	1150	65.8	599	34.2	1749
Province 6	388	66.2	198	33.8	586
Province 7	537	63.5	309	36.5	846
Ecological zone
Mountain	396	68.7	180	31.3	576
Hill	2791	67.3	1359	32.7	4150
Terai	3334	64.8	1814	35.2	5148
Wealth quintile
Poorest	1107	65.6	580	34.4	1687
Poorer	1235	63.5	711	36.5	1946
Middle	1263	60.5	825	39.5	2088
Richer	1359	64.5	749	35.5	2107
Richest	1557	76.1	490	23.9	2047
Caste/ethnicity
Hill Brahmin	769	69.1	343	30.9	1112
Hill Chhetri	1141	63.6	654	36.4	1794
Terai Brahmin/Chhetri	125	75.1	41	24.9	166
Other Terai caste	1057	66.3	536	33.7	1593
Hill Dalit	476	60.8	308	39.2	784
Terai Dalit	301	62.7	179	37.3	481
Newar	362	80.1	90	19.9	452
Hill Janajati	1283	64.2	717	35.8	2000
Terai Janajati	674	70.5	282	29.5	956
Muslim	306	60.7	198	39.3	504
Others	27	83.8	5	16.2	32
Had an induced abortion in the last five years
No	6199	66.0	3190	34.0	9389
Yes	322	66.3	164	33.7	486
Ever had emergency contraceptives
No	6435	66.1	3299	33.9	9734
Yes	86	61.0	55	39.0	141
Total	6522	66.0	3533	34.0	9875