Effect of pregnancy tests on demand for family planning: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

Table 1 Baseline Characteristics and Balance Test in Etam sub-county in Northern Uganda, 2019

	Control		Only on-the-spot		Only future-use		Both
	Freq (N)	Percent (%)	Freq (N)	Percent (%)	Freq (N)	Percent (%)	Freq (N)	Percent (%)
Age
18–20	88	27	50	29	47	29	31	20
21–25	92	28	49	29	53	33	58	38
26–30	68	21	35	21	37	23	32	21
31–35	76	23	36	21	26	16	32	21
Complete primary school
No	101	31	46	27	41	25	38	25
Yes	223	69	124	73	122	75	115	75
Household size
1–4	107	33	64	38	63	39	59	39
5–7	139	43	70	41	64	39	60	39
8–24	78	24	36	21	36	22	34	22
Distance to health center 3
Less than 5 km	148	46	69	41	74	45	66	43
5 km or more	176	54	101	59	89	55	87	57
Marital status
Married with husband	246	76	140	82	135	83∗	118	77
Have a partner^a	78	24	30	18	28	17	35	23
Number of sex in the last 4 weeks
0	78	24	28	17	30	19∗	30	20
1–4	65	20	42	26	27	17	45	30
5–8	81	25	39	24	37	24	26	17
9–12	52	16	31	19	32	21	28	19
13–35	45	14	24	15	30	19	21	14
Desire for children
Do not want any/more child	65	20	34	20	26	16	25	16
Want to have a/another child	215	66	108	64	116	71	107	70
Undecided/Don’t know	44	14	27	16	21	13	21	14
I am ready now	32	12	17	13	13	10	23	18
Within next year	15	6	7	5	13	10	6	5
1–2 years	64	25	28	21	41	30	30	23
3–4 years	59	23	38	28	33	24	32	25
5 years or more	79	31	39	29	33	24	31	24
After marriage	8	3	6	4	2	1	6	5
Family planning use
Condom	41	13	17	10	15	9	14	9
Withdrawal	38	12	20	12	21	13	13	9
Rhythm method	56	17	41∗	24	29	18	33	22
Observations	324		170		163		153

Observations at women level. The asterisk is associated to chi-square tests of categorical variables for each treatment arm compared to control arm at different significance level, ^*p < 0.10, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01 ^aHave a partner but not living together

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