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Table 3 Modern contraceptive prevalence by equity, Individual, and intermediate variables (weight totals and use of modern contraceptives)

From: Socio-economic and education related inequities in use of modern contraceptive in seven sub-regions in Uganda

 

Number

Use of modern contraceptives, %

95%CI

Overall

1359

34.2

30.9

37.6

Geographical residence

 Rural

994

32.9

28.90

37.22

 Urban

365

37.6

31.47

44.16

Sub-regions (7)

 Western

283

33.9

26.98

41.64

 Central-2

171

37.9

30.95

45.33

 Central-1

318

36.6

30.49

43.23

 East-Central

189

40.3

33.38

47.61

 Eastern

211

40.0

29.76

51.29

 Karamoja

74.4

7.4

4.40

12.22

 West Nile

112

18.6

14.14

24.15

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

443

24.5

19.75

30.03

 Lower

161

30.6

23.06

39.27

 Middle

310

29.9

24.87

35.43

 Higher

400

42.7

36.27

49.42

 Highest

157

45.0

36.99

53.21

Market segmentations

 Rural_poor

444

27.4

2.22

23.15

 Urban poor

48

18.6

7.77

7.54

 Middle-income

310

29.9

2.64

24.87

 Rural wealth

337

42.8

3.66

35.67

 Urban wealth

219

44.2

3.21

37.92

Age category

 15/19

210

14.4

9.5

21.1

 20/24

313

41.2

34.9

47.8

 25-39

494

42.7

37.7

47.8

 40/49

343

27.6

21.9

34.2

Marital status

 Never-Marry

234

22.9

15.4

32.6

 Married

981

37.7

33.4

42.1

 Divorce/widow

143

28.8

20.3

39.2

Disability status

 No-difficulty

921

36.3

32.44

40.27

 Some or a lot difficulty

438

29.8

25.12

34.95

Highest education attained

 None

197

19.7

14.36

26.32

 Primary

726

33.3

29.52

37.22

 Sec+

436

42.3

36.10

48.73

Employment status

 Unemployed

260

35.6

28.33

43.59

 Student

102

18.9

9.74

33.59

 Employed

996

35.4

30.97

40.08

Demand/knowledge

Knows any FP method

  No

81

2.3

0.46

10.68

  Yes

1278

36.2

32.63

39.95

Knows any modern

  No

93

3.1

0.90

9.89

  Yes

1266

36.5

32.86

40.21

Knows 3 FP methods

  <3

330

23.4

18.25

29.59

  3+

1028

37.6

33.58

41.86

Knows 5 FP methods

  <5

910

30.2

26.82

33.84

  5+

448

42.2

36.37

48.33

Knows FP organizations/facilities

  None

105

11.3

5.50

21.63

  Only-one

640

30.3

25.71

35.22

  At least2

614

42.2

37.31

47.22

Any FP media heard in past 2wks

  None

503

30.3

26.2

34.8

  Only-one

612

34.9

29.7

40.6

  At least2

244

40.2

34.0

46.7

Supply

Places ever used to get FP

  None

488

9.0

5.60

14.26

  NGOs/Hospitals/HC

871

48.3

43.74

52.83