Influence of a husband’s healthcare decision making role on a woman’s intention to use contraceptives among Mozambican women

Table 3 Association of a husband/partner’s healthcare decision making role ⁺ and a woman’s intention to use contraceptives ⁺⁺ , 2011 DHS ^ƗƗƗ -Mozambique

Logistic regression model	Odds ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Logistic regression model	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Overall ^¶ (n = 7,022)	0.81	(0.73 - 0.90)	0.82	(0.72 - 0.93)
Stratified by:
Place of residence*
Urban (n = 2,145)	0.97	(0.79 - 1.18)	1.00	(0.75 - 1.34)
Rural (n = 4,877)	0.76	(0.68 - 0.86)	0.75	(0.65 - 0.87)
Knowledge of modern contraceptive methods**
No (n = 278)	0.31	(0.17 - 0.58)	0.82	(0.34 - 2.00)
Yes (n = 6,737)	0.84	(0.75 - 0.93)	0.82	(0.72 - 0.94)
Number of living children ^§
Two or less (n = 3,418)	0.77	(0.66 - 0.89)	0.79	(0.65 - 0.95)
Three or more (n = 3,604)	0.84	(0.73 - 0.97)	0.81	(0.68 - 0.97)
Desire for number of children ^§§
Both want the same (n = 2,237)	0.96	(0.79 - 1.17)	0.97	(0.79 - 1.20)
Husband/partner wants more (n = 2,650)	0.77	(0.66 - 0.91)	0.70	(0.58 - 0.83)
Husband/partner wants fewer (n = 343)	0.72	(0.44 - 1.19)	0.77	(0.44 - 1.36)

⁺Husband/partner making decision solely vs. Woman alone or woman and husband/partner jointly.
⁺⁺Intention to use contraceptives vs. non-intention to use contraceptives in the future.
^ƗƗƗDHS: Demographic and Health Survey.
^¶Multivariable model adjusted for: Respondent’s age, education level, working status, religion, region and type of place of residence, knowledge of any contraceptive method, number of living children, cohabitation status, desire for number of children and husband/partner’s education.
^*Multivariable model adjusted for all the variables listed above except place of residence.
^**Multivariable model adjusted for all the variables listed above except knowledge of modern contraceptive methods.
^§Multivariable model adjusted for all the variables listed above except number of living children.
^§§Multivariable model adjusted for all the variables listed above except the desire for children.

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