Pregnancy risks and contraceptive use among postpartum mothers in Cameroon: implications for improving the coverage of postpartum family planning services

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample of postpartum women, 2018 Cameroon DHS

	N	%
Months postpartum
< 6	1033	34.5
6–11	958	31.5
12–17	1016	34.0
Age
15–24	1238	38.7
25–34	1346	46.9
35–49	423	14.4
Marital status
Never married	435	12.1
Currently married	2399	82.5
Formerly married	173	5.4
Number of living children
< = 1	794	25.7
2	634	20.5
3	488	16.0
4+	1091	37.8
Pregnant
No	2915	97.1
Yes, intended	72	2.3
Yes, unintended	20	0.6
Want a child in < 12 months
No	2656	87.8
Yes	351	12.2
Last child is alive
No	129	3.8
Yes	2878	96.2
Last child wanted
Wanted then	2271	77.6
Wanted later	606	18.7
Wanted no more	130	3.7
Residence
Douala/Yaoundé	353	15.4
Other urban	951	27.9
Rural	1703	56.7
Region
Adamaoua/North/Far-North	1024	40.2
Centre/East/South	1090	29.0
Littoral/West	681	22.9
North-West/South-West	212	7.9
Household wealth
Poor	1008	37.0
Middle	997	29.6
High	1002	33.4
Education
None	695	27.4
Primary	939	30.0
Low Secondary	862	25.8
High Secondary+	511	16.8
Religion
Catholics	1074	35.4
Other Christians	1031	30.6
Muslims/Other	902	34.0
Number of antenatal care (ANC) visits
0	490	16.5
1–3	688	22.5
4+	1829	61.0
Health facility delivery
No	928	32.8
Yes	2079	67.2
Number of EPI vaccinations
0–2	806	26.2
3–7	798	27.6
8–9	1403	46.2
Discussed FP during a health facility visit
No	2005	67.7
Yes	1002	32.3
Visited by health worker/FP discussed
No	2096	67.1
Yes, FP not discussed	645	24.6
Yes, FP discussed	266	8.3
N	3007	NA

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