Table 4

The association of background characteristics of married women with current family planning use in Butajira district, 2009 (N = 5746)

Background characteristics

# of married women using FPM

# of married women not using FPM

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI)


Ecology

Highland

356

1800

1.00

1.00

Lowland

415

1710

1.23 (1.05, 1.43)*

1.14 (0.96, 1.35)

Urban

685

777

4.46 (3.82, 5.20)*

2.30 (1.66, 3.18)*


Educational status

Never

800

108

1.00

1.00

Primary

481

829

2.43 (2.12, 2.78)*

1.32 (1.12, 1.56)*

Secondary plus

175

3350

6.79 (5.27, 8.73)*

1.99 (1.38, 2.88)*


Food shortage

Yes

387

1563

1.00

1.00

No

1069

2724

1.58 (1.39, 1.81)*

0.89 (0.76, 1.04)


Dead child

Yes

429

1899

1.00

1.00

No

966

2117

2.02 (1.77, 2.30)*

1.30 (1.13, 1.50)*


Partner's education

Never

336

1881

1.00

1.00

Primary

825

2126

2.17 (1.89, 2.50)*

1.32 (1.13, 1.55)*

Secondary plus

295

280

5.90 (4.83, 7.21)*

1.50 (1.12, 2.01)*


Migration

Non-migrant

823

2756

1.00

1.00

In-migrant

633

1531

1.38 (1.23, 1.56)*

1.01 (0.87, 1.16)


Livelihood

Farming

794

3499

1.00

1.00

Trade/service

339

466

3.21 (2.73, 3.76)*

1.13 (0.82, 1.56)

Civil servant

159

113

6.20 (4.81, 7.99)*

1.25 (0.79, 1.98)

Other

164

209

3.46 (2.78, 4.30)*

1.15 (0.80, 1.67)


Discussion

Yes

1283

2537

5.23 (4.40, 6.22)*

2.21 (1.80, 2.70)*

No

167

1728

1.00

1.00


Husband support

yes

1288

2610

4.92 (4.14, 5.85)*

2.59 (2.11, 3.17)*

No

168

1676

1.0

1.00


*9 5% confidence interval

Mekonnen and Worku Reproductive Health 2011 8:37   doi:10.1186/1742-4755-8-37

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