Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Bawah, Ayaga A.; Asuming, Patrick; Achana, Sebastian F.; Kanmiki, Edmund W.; Awoonor-Williams, John Koku; Phillips, James F.

doi:10.1186/s12978-019-0693-x

Reproductive Health

Table 2 Background characteristics of currently married women aged 15–49 by categories of reproductive preferences and behavior, GEHIP Baseline Survey, Upper East Region of Ghana

From: Contraceptive use intentions and unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Covariates	Non-users who have no need for family planning		Contraceptive use status by preference class:								All Respondents in each class:
			Unmet need: Non-users				Met need: contraceptive users
			Wants to space future deliveries		Wants to limit additional fertility		Using to space future deliveries		Using to limit additional fertility
	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%
Age:
< 30	295	25.11	609	51.83	30	2.55	232	19.74	9	0.77	1175	100.0
30–39	314	27.67	408	35.95	187	16.48	162	14.27	64	5.64	1135	100.0
40+	212	27.93	91	11.99	370	48.75	35	4.61	51	6.72	759	100.0
Parity:
No child	93	72.66	29	22.66	1	0.78	5	3.91	0	0.00	128	100.0
1–4 children	410	24.36	806	47.89	102	6.06	345	20.50	20	1.19	1683	100.0
5 + children	318	25.28	273	21.70	484	38.47	79	6.28	104	8.27	1258	100.0
Educational attainment:
None	647	27.76	812	34.83	506	21.71	270	11.58	96	4.12	2331	100.0
Some	173	23.47	296	40.16	81	10.99	159	21.57	28	3.80	737	100.0
Unknown											1
Marriage type:
No Union	16	30.19	17	32.08	11	20.75	7	13.21	2	3.77	53	100.0
Monogamous	454	24.29	731	39.11	291	15.57	318	17.01	75	4.01	1869	100.0
Polygynous	351	30.60	360	31.39	285	24.85	104	9.07	47	4.10	1147	100.0
Economic indicators:
Employed	700	26.66	918	34.96	531	20.22	364	13.86	113	4.30	2626	100.0
Not employed	121	27.31	190	42.89	56	12.64	65	14.67	11	2.48	443	100.0
Own Cellphone	235	28.52	270	32.77	113	13.71	172	20.87	34	4.13	824	100.0
No Cellphone	586	26.10	838	37.33	474	21.11	257	11.45	90	4.01	2245	100.0
No Radio in HH	239	28.12	286	33.65	174	20.47	124	14.59	27	3.18	850	100.0
Listen to Radio	580	26.22	820	37.07	412	18.63	304	13.74	96	4.34	2212	100.0
Unknown	2	28.57	2	28.57	1	14.29	1	14.29	1	14.29	7	100.0
TV Viewing
Views TV	239	27.19	306	34.81	142	16.15	145	16.50	47	5.35	879	100.0
No Viewing	580	26.56	801	36.68	444	20.33	284	13.00	75	3.43	2184	100.0
Unknown	2	33.33	1	16.67	1	16.67	0	0.00	2	33.33	6	100.0
Total currently married women	821	26.75	1108	36.10	587	19.13	429	13.98	124	4.04	3069	100.0

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