Longitudinal examination of changing fertility intentions and behaviors over a four-year period in urban Senegal

Speizer, Ilene S.; Escamilla, Veronica; Lance, Peter M.; Guilkey, David K.

doi:10.1186/s12978-020-0893-4

Reproductive Health

Table 1 Weighted percentages by demographic characteristics, contraceptive use, and subsequent birth/pregnancy for women in union at baseline (2011), midterm (2013) and endline (2015) in three study cities in Senegal

From: Longitudinal examination of changing fertility intentions and behaviors over a four-year period in urban Senegal

	Full baseline sample^a	Baseline longitudinal analysis sample^a	Full midterm sample^b	Midterm longitudinal analysis sample^b	Full endline sample^c	Endline longitudinal analysis sample^c
Sample size (N)	1901	1050	1609	1050	1517	1050
Baseline city of residence^d
Guediawaye	22.25	23.46	22.83	23.61	22.07	21.87
Pikine	26.14	28.84	25.81	28.37	25.49	26.59
Mbao	51.61	47.70	49.87	46.95	48.35	48.90
Age group (%)
15–19	6.31	4.37	3.00	2.26	0.85	0.22
20–24	15.97	16.56	14.18	10.90	11.33	5.03
25–29	19.75	20.71	19.12	20.71	23.37	22.14
30–34	19.58	22.04	18.59	21.36	18.98	20.78
35–39	18.00	17.47	19.52	21.18	19.51	21.91
40–44	13.46	13.76	14.40	13.69	12.84	14.82
45+	6.93	5.07	9.59	9.90	9.73	15.10
Education (%)
None	44.66	42.11	41.65	43.15	42.49	43.91
Primary	38.02	39.68	38.10	38.96	37.45	39.33
Secondary	15.52	16.74	16.60	14.79	16.39	14.12
≥ Higher	1.80	1.47	3.66	3.101	3.61	2.64
Wealth index (%)^e
Poorest	18.59	14.62	15.46	15.08	20.71	20.00
Poor	21.11	21.78	23.34	21.37	21.35	21.02
Middle	25.14	26.64	26.79	26.92	20.12	20.93
Rich	18.96	19.35	18.54	19.24	24.11	24.72
Richest	16.21	17.61	15.88	17.39	13.71	13.33
Parity (%)
0	12.69	10.84	9.78	4.49	9.01	3.16
1	17.78	17.13	16.79	13.69	15.39	8.76
2+	69.53	72.03	73.43	81.82	75.61	88.09
Modern contraceptive use (%)^f
Non-user	73.14	67.90	65.40	59.39	60.26	57.06
Long-acting method	2.71	2.75	7.96	9.58	14.44	15.40
Short-acting method	21.07	25.54	23.65	27.74	22.51	23.97
Other modern	0.44	0.32	0.39	0.46	0.02	0.03
Traditional method	2.63	3.50	2.59	2.82	2.77	3.55
Intentions for future pregnancy (%)
Want Now/≤2 years	46.43	41.97	41.61	37.21	45.29	44.02
Want to delay >2 years	32.71	37.18	33.54	36.09	28.55	25.52
No more	20.86	20.85	24.85	26.71	26.15	30.45
Experienced birth/pregnancy in period between baseline-midterm or midterm-endline(%)	N/A	N/A	51.23	53.19	45.90	42.61

Note: Women who become sterilized or infecund are excluded from analysis.
^aUses baseline weights
^bUses midterm weights
^cUses endline weights
^dSmall percentage of respondents living and surveyed in different cities at follow-up
^eWealth index calculated as quintiles using principal components analysis based on assets reported in the household survey
^fLong-acting methods include implants and IUD; spacing methods include daily pill, emergency pill, injectables, and condoms; other modern includes LAM and spermicide/mousse/gel

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