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

Table 3

Unmet need for FP(%) and its difference by cohabitation status among married women in Nepal, 2016.

Women’s characteristic	Cohabiting		Noncohabiting		Difference
	Any method	Total (N)	Any method	Total (N)
Living children
None	9.7	648	36.9	377	27.2
1–2	11.1	3066	56.3	1978	45.2
3–4	9.4	2148	41.5	817	32.1
5+	11.4	659	38.9	181	27.5
Age-groups (years)
15–19	18.4	418	59.0	286	40.6
20–24	13.8	929	55.6	755	41.8
25–29	13.3	1118	52.4	839	39.1
30–34	9.0	1084	50.9	642	41.9
35–39	7.1	1075	41.8	436	34.7
40–44	7.6	1030	37.9	253	30.3
45–49	8.6	868	20.6	143	12.0
Highest educational level
No education	9.4	2784	37.8	1200	28.4
Primary	11.1	1182	53.5	670	42.4
Secondary	12.4	1797	59.4	1094	47.0
Higher	8.7	758	51.5	389	42.8
Place of residence
Urban	9.8	4112	50.4	1919	40.6
Rural	11.5	2409	48.5	1434	37.0
Province
Province 1	9.4	1118	57.2	537	47.8
Province 2	10.2	1329	37.0	839	26.8
Province 3	9.9	1446	50.2	473	40.3
Province 4	9.2	553	59.0	397	49.8
Province 5	13.8	1150	54.9	599	41.1
Province 6	12.9	388	50.8	198	37.9
Province 7	7.0	537	46.1	309	39.1
Ecological zone
Mountain	10.3	396	50.1	180	39.8
Hill	10.7	2791	56.1	1359	45.4
Terai	10.2	3334	44.7	1814	34.5
Wealth index
Poorest	14.0	1107	51.8	580	37.8
Poorer	8.8	1235	49.8	711	41.0
Middle	9.3	1263	47.1	825	37.8
Richer	10.6	1359	47.7	749	37.1
Richest	9.9	1557	53.9	490	44.0
Ethnicity
Hill Brahmin	7.2	769	55.6	343	48.4
Hill Chhetri	10.2	1141	56.3	654	46.1
Terai Brahmin/Chhetri	8.9	125	40.4	41	31.5
Other Terai caste	11.4	1057	36.6	536	25.2
Hill Dalit	15.3	476	56.7	308	41.4
Terai Dalit	13.3	301	35.3	179	22.0
Newar	11.8	362	52.7	90	40.9
Hill Janajati	10.2	1283	58.4	717	48.2
Terai Janajati	5.2	674	37.7	282	32.5
Muslim	17.3	306	40.9	198	23.6
Had an abortion in the last five years
Yes	16.9	322	67.4	164	50.5
No	10.1	6199	48.7	3190	38.6
Ever had emergency contraceptives
Yes	18.1	86	60.8	55	42.7
No	10.3	6435	49.4	3299	39.1
Total	10.4	6521	49.6	2354	39.2

Missing = 32.