Table 1 Characteristics of participants and their association with unintended pregnancy and intention to use postpartum family planning (PPFP)
Sample | Unintended Pregnancy | Intention to use PPFP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N | % | % | % |
Sex Composition | ||||
Only daughters | 244 | 22.4 | 65.2 | 77.9 |
Only sons | 313 | 28.7 | 58.8 | 75.4 |
More daughters than sons | 151 | 13.8 | 78.1 | 83.4 |
More sons than daughters | 164 | 15.0 | 84.1 | 78.0 |
Equal number of sons and daughters | 219 | 20.1 | 72.6 | 77.2 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 42.0(0.000) | 3.9(0.421) |
Age | ||||
15–19 | 36 | 3.3 | 80.6 | 72.2 |
20–24 | 293 | 26.9 | 68.9 | 78.8 |
25–29 | 328 | 30.1 | 70.1 | 78.7 |
30–34 | 237 | 21.7 | 63.7 | 77.2 |
35–39 | 146 | 13.4 | 71.9 | 75.3 |
45+ | 51 | 4.7 | 80.4 | 80.4 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 9.2(0.102) | 1.7(0.885) |
Educational level | ||||
No education | 289 | 26.5 | 75.4 | 78.2 |
Primary | 268 | 24.6 | 71.3 | 82.5 |
Middle/JSS | 447 | 41.0 | 68.0 | 78.3 |
SSS/SHS/Vocational | 65 | 6.0 | 53.8 | 61.5 |
Tertiary | 22 | 2.0 | 45.5 | 54.5 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 19.2(0.001) | 20.3(0.000) |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 1009 | 92.5 | 69.8 | 78.2 |
Muslim | 53 | 4.9 | 60.4 | 67.9 |
Others | 29 | 2.7 | 75.9 | 82.8 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 2.7(0.263) | 3.5(0.174) |
Parity | ||||
1—2 | 684 | 62.7 | 63.9 | 76.3 |
3—4 | 307 | 28.1 | 75.6 | 79.8 |
5+ | 100 | 9.2 | 89.0 | 82.0 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 33.4(0.000) | 2.6(0.271) |
Residence | ||||
Saltpond | 259 | 23.7 | 64.5 | 80.3 |
Biriwa | 132 | 12.1 | 75.8 | 78.0 |
Anomabo | 187 | 17.1 | 77.5 | 88.8 |
Mankessim | 305 | 28.0 | 65.9 | 69.5 |
Others | 208 | 19.1 | 69.7 | 76.9 |
X2(P value) | – | – | 13.1(0.011) | 26.2(0.000) |