Social norms, attitudes and access to modern contraception for adolescent girls in six districts in Uganda

Table 3 Relationship between social-economic and demographic factors and access to contraception in the community

Social economic and demographic variables	Adolescent girls are allowed to access contraception in this community		Chi-square (P-value)	Total
Social economic and demographic variables	No	Yes	Chi-square (P-value)	Total
Sex			1.47 (0.226)
Male	72.2	27.8		100
Female	74.1	25.9		100
Age of respondent			16.98 (0.009)***
15–19	70.1	29.9		100
20–24	70.0	30.0		100
25–29	76.9	23.2		100
30–34	73.3	26.7		100
35–39	77.8	22.2		100
40–44	74.7	25.3		100
45+	70.0	30.0		100
Current marital status			14.13 (0.001)***
Single	66.3	33.7		100
Married	74.5	25.5		100
Widowed/ Divorced/ Separated	75.0	25.0		100
Education			233.82 (0.000)****
No education	91.3	8.7		100
Primary	65.2	34.8		100
Secondary	66.3	33.7		100
Vocational/ University	71.0	29.0		100
Religion			57.29 (0.000)****
Catholic	69.5	30.5		100
Born again	80.8	19.2		100
Protestant	76.5	23.5		100
Traditional	93.9	6.1		100
Moslem	51.9	48.2		100
SDA	70.3	29.7		100
Formally employed in last 3 months			0.50 (0.477)
No	73.2	26.8		100
Yes	74.7	25.3		100
Study district			727.53 (0.000)****
Amudat	95.0	5.0		100
Kaberamaido	73.4	26.6		100
Kasese	79.1	20.9		100
Moroto	96.0	4.0		100
Pader	61.6	38.4		100
Tororo	36.6	63.4		100
Total	73.5	26.6		100

Note: ***=p < 0.01; ****=p < 0.001. SDA = Seventh Day Adventist. Missing cases are not shown. Figures may not add up to 100 % due to rounding errors

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