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

Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression relative risk ratios statistical tests for the effect of background characteristics of women aged 15–49 on reproductive preferences and behavior, GEHIP Baseline Survey

Covariates:	Contraceptive use status by preference class compared with using to space
	Non-Users		Unmet need for spacing		Unmet need for limiting		Using to limit additional fertility
	RRR	Z	RRR	Z	RRR	Z	RRR	Z
Age	0.99	+ 0.43	0.94	−3.40**	1.19	+ 6.27***	1.15	+ 3.13**
Parity	0.39	−6.50***	0.79	−1.75	1.52	+ 1.97*	2.35	+ 2.84**
Age-parity interaction	1.03	+ 6.17***	1.01	+ 2.26*	1.00	+ 0.10	0.99	−0.98
Some educational attainment	0.58	−3.68***	0.67	−2.92**	0.95	−0.26	1.24	+ 0.79
Monogamous marriage	0.85	−0.34	1.02	+ 0.04	1.80	+ 1.06	2.14	+ 0.90
Polygyny marriage	1.60	+ 0.98	1.51	+ 0.88	2.62	+ 1.73	2.06	+ 0.85
Employed	0.73	−1.80	0.70	−2.14*	0.66	−1.84	0.93	−0.20
Household with 1 or more cellphones	0.71	−2.58*	0.55	−4.63***	0.65	−2.47*	0.90	−0.41
Household with 1 or more radios	1.02	+ 0.15	1.28	+ 1.87	1.00	−0.00	1.50	+ 1.59
Respondent views television	0.96	−0.32	0.87	−1.09	1.09	+ 0.54	1.86	+ 2.66**
Summary statistics:
Number of observations:	3207
Likelihood R²:	1350.83 (40 d.f.)
P value:	0.000 ***
Psuedo- R²:	0.1470

* p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001; a) Omitted class = using for spacing; b) RRR = Relative risk ratio

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