Table 1 Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) among currently married women in the reproductive age groups by selected variables

Decides how to spend respondent's earnings*

 Women only (n = 2661)

80

[77.7–82.1]

20

[17.9–22.3]

 Joint with husband (n = 198)

71.2

[63.8–77.6]

28.8

[22.4–36.2]

 Husband only (n = 431) ^☨

81.4

[76.5–85.5]

18.6

[14.5–23.5]

Decides what to do with husband's earnings**

 Women only (n = 498)

82

[77.1–86.1]

18

[13.9–22.9]

 Joint with husband (n = 568)

76

[71.0–80.5]

24

[19.5–29.0]

 Husband only (n = 7135)^☨

83.4

[81.9–84.9]

16.6

[15.1–18.1]

Decides on respondent's health care*

 Women only (n = 588)

84

[79.9–87.4]

16

[12.6–20.1]

 Joint with husband (n = 1120)

79

[75.3–82.3]

21

[17.7–24.7]

 Husband only (n = 6542)^☨

83.3

[81.8–84.8]

16.7

[15.2–18.2]

Decides on large household purchases***

 Women only (n = 518)

82

[77.4–85.9]

18

[14.1–22.6]

 Joint with husband (n = 1248)

77.1

[73.6–80.3]

22.9

[19.7–26.4]

 Husband only (n = 6484)^☨

83.9

[82.4–85.3]

16.1

[14.7–17.6]

Decides on visits to family or relatives**

 Women only (n = 1044)

85.7

[82.6–88.3]

14.3

[11.7–17.4]

 Joint with husband (n = 1296)

77.7

[74.0–81.1]

22.3

[18.9–26.0]

 Husband only (n = 5910)^☨

83.3

[81.6–84.9]

16.7

[15.1–18.4]

Age in 5-year groups***

 15–19 (n = 871)

90.6

[88.0–92.6]

9.4

[7.4–12.0]

 20–24 (n = 1509)

82.8

[80.1–85.2]

17.2

[14.8–19.9]

 25–29 (n = 1778)

81.5

[79.0–83.7]

18.5

[16.3–21.0]

 30–34 (n = 1480)

80.5

[77.6–83.1]

19.5

[16.9–22.4]

 35–39 (n = 1233)

78.9

[75.7–81.8]

21.1

[18.2–24.3]

 40–44 (n = 822)

83.2

[79.9–86.1]

16.8

[13.9–20.1]

 45–49 (n = 557)

90.7

[87.4–93.2]

9.3

[6.8–12.6]

Number of living children***

 0 (n = 767)

97.7

[96.1–98.7]

2.3

[1.3–3.9]

 1 (n = 1247)

85.5

[82.9–87.8]

14.5

[12.2–17.1]

 2 (n = 1349)

81.6

[78.8–84.1]

18.4

[15.9–21.2]

 3 (n = 1256)

81.9

[79.3–84.3]

18.1

[15.7–20.7]

 4 (n = 1175)

80.4

[77.3–83.2]

19.6

[16.8–22.7]

 5 + (n = 2456)

79.9

[77.5–82.2]

20.1

[17.8–22.5]

Place of residence***

 Urban (n = 2341)

77.9

[74.9–80.7]

22.1

[19.3–25.1]

 Rural (n = 5909)

84.3

[82.5–85.9]

15.7

[14.1–17.5]

Educational level of respondent***

 No education (n = 6026)

85.7

[84.0–87.2]

14.3

[12.8–16.0]

 Primary (n = 1005)

81.5

[78.3–84.3]

18.5

[15.7–21.7]

 Secondary/Higher (n = 1219)

70.5

[67.1–73.6]

29.5

[26.4–32.9]

Respondent's occupation***

 Not working (n = 3781)

86.3

[84.6–87.8]

13.7

[12.2–15.4]

 Sales (n = 1933)

77

[74.4–79.4]

23

[20.6–25.6]

 Agricultural sector (n = 1761)

84.5

[81.0–87.4]

15.5

[12.6–19.0]

 Others (n = 775)

79.2

[75.3–82.6]

20.8

[17.4–24.7]

Husband/partner's education level***

 No education (n = 6200)

85.6

[83.9–87.1]

14.4

[12.9–16.1]

 Primary (n = 729)

80.7

[77.4–83.7]

19.3

[16.3–22.6]

 Secondary/Higher (n = 1321)

71.5

[68.6–74.3]

28.5

[25.7–31.4]

Wealth index***

 Poorest (n = 1533)

88.5

[85.5–90.9]

11.5

[9.1–14.5]

 Poorer (n = 1575)

88.3

[85.7–90.5]

11.7

[9.5–14.3]

 Middle (n = 1677)

82.9

[80.3–85.3]

17.1

[14.7–19.7]

 Richer (n = 1796)

79.3

[76.4–81.9]

20.7

[18.1–23.6]

 Richest (n = 1669)

75.7

[72.7–78.4]

24.3

[21.6–27.3]