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Table 3 Univarate analysis of age, attitude towards family planning and unadjusted odds ratios for current contraceptive use, Jimma zone, Ethiopia, 2014

From: Spousal discordance on fertility preference and its effect on contraceptive practice among married couples in Jimma zone, Ethiopia

 

Total

Both spouses don’t desire more children (group1)

Woman doesn’t desire more children (group2)

Man doesn’t desire more children (group3)

Both spouses desire more children (group4)

N

811

151

150

75

435

Median age wife (yrs)

30

38

32

30

25

Median age husband (yrs)

36

45

40

38

32

Current contraceptive use

42.9% [39.5;46.3]

36.4% [28.8;44.6]

38.7% [30.8;47]

60.0% [48;71.2]

44.1% [39.4;48.9]

Attitude towards FP

     

Husband is favourable to his wife using a FP method

     

Reported by the husband

6.24*** [3.60;11.61]

9.84*** [2.27;88.36]

3.29 [0.85;18.57]

11.00* [1.19;515.7]

5.96*** [2.7;14.9]

Reported by the wife

2.60*** [1.95;3.49]

3.81*** [1.77;8.22]

2.25* [1.09;4.65]

6.00** [1.91;19.26]

2.46*** [1.64;3.71]

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.