Sexual and reproductive health education and its association with ever use of contraception: a cross-sectional study among women in urban slums, Accra

Table 1 Prevalence of ever use of contraceptives among women in slums, Accra

Variable	Frequency	Percentage	Ever used contraception
Ever used contraception			77.28
Sex education
Yes	299	43.27	81.61
No	392	56.73	73.98
Age
15–24	362	52.39	76.24
25–34	207	29.96	79.71
35–49	122	17.66	76.23
Education
No formal education	189	27.35	76.19
Primary	115	16.64	85.22
Secondary/higher	387	56.01	75.45
Marital status
Never married	388	56.15	78.35
Married	198	28.65	72.22
Cohabiting	40	5.79	90.00
Separated/divorced/widowed	65	9.41	78.46
Ethnicity
Akan	160	23.15	80.62
Ga-Dangme	80	11.58	76.25
Ewe	90	13.02	85.56
Mole-Dagbani	285	41.24	73.68
Gurma	16	2.32	68.75
Other	60	8.68	76.67
Exposure to radio
Yes	543	78.58	80.48
No	148	21.42	65.54
NHIS subscription
Yes	580	83.94	78.62
No	111	16.06	70.27
N	691	691

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