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Table 2 Reproductive health indicators among ever-married women aged 15-49 years in 1999 and 2004

From: Reproductive and sexual health in the Maldives: analysis of data from two cross-sectional surveys

Indicator

% (fraction)

OR (95% CIca)1

 

1999

2004

 

Contraceptive prevalence (all methods)

39.5 (937/2372)

37.6 (1000/2662)

0.92 (0.77-1.10)

Contraceptive prevalence (modern methods)

30.9 (734/2372)

32.5 (864/2662)

1.07 (0.89-1.29)

Rated reproductive health services as “good”

86.7 (2493/2875)

80.7 (2033/2518)

0.64 (0.44-0.94)

Any antenatal visits in last pregnancy2

89.4 (1981/2215)

99.6 (273/274)

32.3 (4.38-237.44)

Four or more antenatal visits in last pregnancy2

65.1 (1443/2215)

90.0 (249/274)

5.33 (3.42-8.31)

Took iron in last pregnancy2

49.6 (1075/2169)

86.7 (222/256)

6.64 (4.24-10.42)

Took iron for at least 4 months in last pregnancy2

23.7 (515/2169)

63.7 (163/256)

5.63 (3.74-8.47)

  1. 1 Odds Ratio comparing 2004 with 1999; with cluster-adjusted 95% confidence interval
  2. 2 In 2004, only pregnancies during the last 12 months were included