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Table 2 Use of modern contraception among currently married, fecund, non-pregnant women from Uttar Pradesh, India (n = 14,633, weighted)

From: Descriptive study of the role of household type and household composition on women’s reproductive health outcomes in urban Uttar Pradesh, India

Characteristics

Using modern method* %

Significance (F-Statistic p-value)

All women

53.8

 

Presence of elder sister-in-law

 

0.000

 No

54.1

 

 Yes

42.0

 

Household type and presence of mother-in-law

 

0.000

 Lives in husband’s natal home with mother-in-law

49.1

 

 Lives in husband’s natal home only

58.3

 

 Lives with mother-in-law only

58.8

 

 Not natal home and no mother-in-law

52.6

 

Slum sample:

  

Household type and presence of mother-in-law

 

0.000

 Lives in husband’s natal home with mother-in-law

45.4

 

 Lives in husband’s natal home only

55.2

 

 Lives with mother-in-law only

55.5

 

 Not natal home and no mother-in-law

49.3

 

Non-slum sample:

  

Household type and presence of mother-in-law

 

0.000

 Lives in husband’s natal home with mother-in-law

49.9

 

 Lives in husband’s natal home only

59.2

 

 Lives with mother-in-law only

59.2

 

 Not natal home and no mother-in-law

53.1

 
  1. *Modern methods include: female and male sterilization, condoms, intrauterine device, injections, oral contraceptive pills, emergency contraceptives, and dermal patch.