Table 3 Study population characteristics and association with uptake of family planning at 15-month follow-up
Uptake of family planning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Intervention | Comparison | ||
N (%) | p-values | N (%) | p-values | |
Facility type | ||||
Hospital | 292 (80.7) | *** | 340 (78.5) | 0.135 |
Health center/dispensary | 144 (68.3) | 144 (73.1) | ||
Desires more children | ||||
No | 231 (77.5) | 0.130 | 261 (75.4) | 0.722 |
Yes | 198 (75.6) | 200 (78.1) | ||
Undecided | 5 (50.0) | 20 (80.0) | ||
Number of children desireda | ||||
3 and below | 263 (78.5) | 0.120 | 294 (77.0) | 0.903 |
4 and above | 172 (72.9) | 186 (76.5) | ||
Whether wanted to be pregnant with last pregnancy | ||||
Wanted to be pregnant | 273 (77.3) | 0.519 | 269 (78.4) | 0.475 |
Wanted to wait until later | 121 (72.9) | 143 (76.1) | ||
Didn’t want to have any more children | 42 (77.8) | 72 (72.7) | ||
Education | ||||
Primary and below | 274 (75.1) | 0.664 | 312 (77.6) | 0.768 |
Secondary | 112 (78.9) | 131 (74.9) | ||
College | 50 (75.8) | 41 (77.4) | ||
Age of respondents | ||||
15–24 years | 232 (77.3) | 0.668 | 252 (76.4) | 0.908 |
25–34 years | 171 (75.3) | 195 (77.7) | ||
35+ years | 33 (71.7) | 37 (75.5) | ||
Marital status | ||||
Single | 68 (72.3) | 0.582 | 72 (72.0) | 0.142 |
Married | 352 (77.0) | 400 (78.3) | ||
Divorced/separated/widowed | 16 (72.7) | 12 (63.2) | ||
Household SES | ||||
Poor | 262 (78.2) | 0.158 | 267 (78.1) | 0.420 |
Non-poor | 174 (73.1) | 217 (75.4) | ||