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Table 4 Multinomial logistic regression findings for family planning use among married, non-pregnant fecund women aged 15–49

From: The effect of family sex composition on fertility desires and family planning behaviors in urban Uttar Pradesh, India

Variables

Modern user vs. Non-user

Traditional user vs. Non-user

Modern user vs. Traditional user

β

SE

β

SE

β

SE

Family sex composition

      

No living children

-2.82

0.15***

-2.78

0.21***

-0.04

0.23

Zero sons, one or more daughters

-0.48

0.09***

-0.38

0.11***

-0.10

0.10

Zero daughters, one or more sons

0.02

0.08

-0.11

0.10

0.13

0.09

Equal number of sons and daughters

0.15

0.08+

-0.00

0.10

0.15

0.08+

Have both sons and daughters, but have more daughters than sons (ref)

      

Have both sons and daughters, but have more sons than daughters

0.36

0.07***

0.09

0.09

0.27

0.07***

Age group

      

15–24

-0.65

0.09***

-0.29

0.11**

-0.36

0.09***

25–29

-0.37

0.08***

-0.25

0.09**

-0.12

0.08

30–34

-0.12

0.07+

-0.08

0.09

-0.04

0.07

35–39

0.04

0.07

0.10

0.09

-0.07

0.07

40+ (ref)

      

Education

      

None

-1.02

0.07***

-0.62

0.08***

-0.40

0.07***

1–11 years

-0.44

0.07***

-0.33

0.08***

-0.11

0.06+

12+ complete (ref)

      

Employed in the past 12 months

      

Yes

0.09

0.07

0.14

0.08+

-0.04

0.07

No (ref)

      

Wealth quintile (six city)

      

Poorest

-0.17

0.07*

-0.08

0.09

-0.09

0.07

Poor

-0.21

0.07**

-0.24

0.08**

0.03

0.07

Medium

-0.08

0.07

-0.14

0.09

0.06

0.07

Rich

-0.20

0.07**

-0.18

0.08*

-0.02

0.07

Richest (ref)

      

Caste

      

Scheduled caste/tribe

-0.10

0.07

0.00

0.09

-0.11

0.08

Other backward/extreme backward caste

-0.09

0.05

-0.04

0.06

-0.05

0.06

None (ref)

      

Religion

      

Muslim

-0.53

0.06***

-0.33

0.07***

-0.21

0.07**

non-Muslim (ref)

      

City

      

Agra

0.00

0.09

-0.26

0.10**

0.27

0.08***

Aligarh

-0.33

0.09***

-0.14

0.09

-0.20

0.09*

Allahabad

0.00

0.09

-0.10

0.11

0.10

0.09

Gorakhpur (ref)

      

Moradabad

0.23

0.08**

-0.21

0.10*

0.45

0.08***

Varanasi

-0.04

0.09

-0.74

0.11***

0.70

0.10***

Residence

      

Slum

-0.12

0.05*

-0.12

0.06+

-0.00

0.05

Non-slum (ref)

      

Parity

      

0–1

-0.98

0.10***

-0.35

0.12**

-0.62

0.11***

2

-0.44

0.08***

0.03

0.10

-0.48

0.09***

3

0.03

0.07

0.06

0.09

-0.03

0.07

4+ (ref)

      
  1. Unweighted n = 14,886; +p ≤ .10; *p ≤ .05; **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001.
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