Table 2 Bivariate analyses of socioeconomics characteristics by modern contraceptive use
From: Socioeconomic determinants of use and choice of modern contraceptive methods in Ghana
Variables | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (N = 4385) | Nonuser (N = 3495) | User (N = 890) | p value | Total (N = 9353) | Nonuser (N = 7628) | User (N = 1725) | p value | |
Age | 32 | 32 | 33 | 0.27 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 0.00 |
Health insured | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.92 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.30 |
HIV tested | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.00 |
Early sex | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.00 |
Urban | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.85 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.47 | 0.00 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Unmarried | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.00 |
Monogamous union | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.80 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.60 | 0.00 |
Polygamous union | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.83 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||||
Poorest | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.73 |
Poorer | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.06 |
Middle | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.00 |
Richer | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.90 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.06 |
Richest | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.03 |
Educational attainment | ||||||||
None | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.30 |
Basic | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.01 |
Secondary | 0.64 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.47 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.15 |
Tertiary | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.90 |
Religious affiliation | ||||||||
Catholic | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.34 |
Charismatic | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.87 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.33 |
Other Christian | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.28 |
Islam | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.00 |
Traditional | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
None | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.92 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.19 |
Administrative region | ||||||||
Western | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.58 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.25 |
Central | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
Greater Accra | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.07 |
Volta | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.04 |
Eastern | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.92 |
Ashanti | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.10 |
Brong Ahafo | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
Northern | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
Upper East | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.95 |
Upper West | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.52 |