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Table 3 Unmet Need for Family Planning in the Global Network sites 2011 - 2013

From: Postpartum contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning in five low-income countries

Characteristic

Unmet Need for Family Planning N (%)

Met Need for Family Planning N (%)

Relative Risk1 Adjusted by Site (95% CI)

Multi-variable Analysis Adjusted Relative Risk2(95% CI)

Maternal age (years)

    

< 20

1,859 (10.8)

970 (9.3)

1.28 (1.18, 1.39)

1.24 (1.16, 1.33)

20-29

11,381 (66.1)

8,056 (77.1)

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

≥ 30

3,965 (23.0)

1,429 (13.7)

--

--

Maternal education

    

No formal education

8,500 (49.4)

799 (7.6)

1.04 (1.01, 1.07)

1.05 (1.02, 1.07)

Any formal education

8,705 (50.6)

9,656 (92.4)

--

--

Parity

    

0-2

11,606 (67.5)

8,329 (79.7)

1.09 (1.04, 1.14)

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

≥ 3

5,599 (32.5)

2,126 (20.3)

--

--

Antenatal care

    

Any

15,322 (89.1)

10,329 (98.8)

--

 

None

1,883 (10.9)

126 (1.2)

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

 

Delivery location

    

Hospital

5,683 (33.0)

4,540 (43.4)

--

--

Clinic

3,991 (23.2)

3,138 (30.0)

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

1.02 (0.98, 1.05)

Home/Other

7,531 (43.8)

2,777 (26.6)

1.05 (1.00, 1.10)

1.05 (1.01, 1.10)

Infant gender

    

Male

8,826 (51.3)

5,445 (52.1)

--

--

Female

8,379 (48.7)

5,010 (47.9)

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

1.02 (1.00, 1.03)

Neonatal status

    

Baby alive until 6 weeks

16,219 (94.3)

10,215 (97.7)

--

 

Neonatal mortality

507 (2.9)

125 (1.2)

1.05 (0.99, 1.10)

 

Stillbirth

479 (2.8)

115 (1.1)

1.02 (0.97, 1.07)

 
  1. 1 Relative Risks obtained from a Poisson regression model adjusting for site and a single demographic characteristic with general estimating equations adjusting for cluster.
  2. 2 Relative Risks obtained from a multivariate Poisson regression model adjusting for site, maternal age, maternal education, parity, delivery location and infant gender with general estimating equations adjusting for cluster.