Socioeconomic inequality in modern contraceptive utilization among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan African countries: a decomposition analysis

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the reproductive age women in a study of socio-economic inequality of modern contraceptive utilization in Sub-Saharan Africa: based on 2010–2020 DHS

Variable	Category	Weighted frequency	Weighted %
Regions of SSA	East	110,437	23.68
	Central	68,644	14.72
	South	105,964	22.73
	West	181,237	38.87
Age	15–19	98,439	21.11
	20–24	85,825	18.41
	25–29	81,861	17.56
	30–34	66,999	14.37
	35–39	57,064	12.24
	40–44	41,868	8.98
	45–49	34,226	7.34
Residence	Urban	188,695	40.47
Residence	Rural	277,587	59.53
Educational level	No education	139,997	30.02
	Primary	146,903	31.51
	Secondary	153,774	32.98
	Higher	25,608	5.49
Occupation	Not working	179,840	38.57
Occupation	Working	286,442	61.43
Husband educational level	no education	275,737	59.14
	Primary	79,979	17.15
	Secondary	86,100	18.47
	Higher	24,466	5.25
Sex of household head	Male	336,879	72.25
Sex of household head	Female	129,403	27.75
Mass media exposure	No	139,512	29.92
Mass media exposure	Yes	326,770	70.08
No of living children	No children	130,961	28.09
	1–2	140,071	30.04
	3–4	104,694	22.45
	≥5	90,556	19.42
Distance of health facility	Not big problem	272,424	62.79
Distance of health facility	Big problem	161,337	37.18
Decision on maternal health	Respondent	48,513	10.4
	Both	106,329	22.8
	Husband alone	311,440	66.79
Wealth index	Poorest	81,230	17.42
	Poorer	86,095	18.46
	Middle	89,656	19.23
	Richer	98,019	21.02
	Richest	111,281	23.87

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