Table 1 Characteristics of relais visits in the past three months and current use of modern contraceptive methods among young married women in Dosso region, Niger 2016
Sociodemographic covariatesa | Overall | Visited by relais in past three months | Current use of modern contraceptive methods | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
956 | (100) | 89 | (9.3) | 109 | (11.4) | |
Age | ||||||
13 to 15 (very young) | 162 | (16.9) | 8 | (9.0) | 10 | (9.2) |
16 and 17 (younger adolescent) | 284 | (29.7) | 19 | (21.4) | 22 | (20.2) |
18 and 19 (older adolescent) | 510 | (53.4) | 62 | (69.7) | 77 | (70.6) |
Husband’s age | ||||||
Under 25 | 445 | (48.1) | 25 | (29.8) | 39 | (36.4) |
25 and older | 481 | (51.9) | 59 | (70.2) | 68 | (63.6) |
Husband’s number of wives | ||||||
1 | 803 | (86.7) | 74 | (88.1) | 94 | (87.9) |
2 | 111 | (12.0) | 8 | (9.5) | 12 | (11.2) |
3 or more | 12 | (1.3) | 2 | (2.4) | 1 | (0.9) |
Education level | ||||||
No school | 464 | (49.0) | 33 | (37.5) | 47 | (43.9) |
Quranic school | 166 | (17.5) | 19 | (21.6) | 26 | (24.3) |
Government school | 318 | (33.5) | 36 | (40.9) | 34 | (31.8) |
Husband’s education level | ||||||
No school | 291 | (31.6) | 23 | (27.7) | 26 | (24.3) |
Quranic school | 193 | (20.9) | 19 | (22.9) | 33 | (30.8) |
Government school | 438 | (47.5) | 41 | (49.4) | 48 | (44.9) |
Parity | ||||||
None | 360 | (37.7) | 9 | (10.1) | 4 | (3.7) |
1 child | 321 | (33.6) | 29 | (32.6) | 44 | (40.4) |
2 children | 206 | (21.5) | 37 | (41.6) | 46 | (42.2) |
3 or more children | 69 | (7.2) | 14 | (15.7) | 15 | (13.7) |
Worked in last 12 months | ||||||
Yes | 407 | (42.8) | 30 | (33.7) | 39 | (35.8) |
Husband sleeps most nights in the same compound | ||||||
Yes | 856 | (90.0) | 82 | (92.1) | 102 | (93.6) |
Husband spent a period longer than three months away from village | ||||||
Yes | 644 | (69.8) | 49 | (58.3) | 76 | (71.0) |
Household Assets | ||||||
Less than median household asset score | 304 | (32.9) | 34 | (40.5) | 36 | (33.6) |
Median or above household asset score | 619 | (67.1) | 50 | (59.5) | 71 | (66.4) |
Food insecurity | ||||||
Yes | 214 | (22.5) | 25 | (28.1) | 30 | (27.5) |
Tribe | ||||||
Zarma | 650 | (68.9) | 51 | (58.6) | 59 | (55.1) |
Hausa | 294 | (31.1) | 36 | (41.4) | 48 | (44.9) |
District | ||||||
Dosso | 310 | (32.4) | 37 | (41.6) | 21 | (19.3) |
Doutchi | 316 | (33.1) | 35 | (39.3) | 52 | (47.7) |
Loga | 330 | (34.5) | 17 | (19.1) | 36 | (33.0) |