Table 3 Factors associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse
From: Factors associated with early resumption of sexual intercourse among postnatal women in Uganda
Variable | Timing of resumption | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before 6 weeks (%) | After 6 weeks (%) | |||
Age | 15–20 | 1 (3.3) | 17 (7.7) | 0.223 |
21–35 | 54 (88.5) | 203 (91.9) | ||
36–45 | 5 (8.2) | 1(1.6) | ||
Religion | Protestant | 8 (13.1) | 79 (35.7) | 0.000 |
Roman catholic | 45 (73.8) | 119 (53.8) | ||
Muslim | 8 (13.1) | 8 (3.6) | ||
Others | 0 (0) | 15 (6.8) | ||
Level of education by respondent | No formal education | 2 (3.3) | 6 (2.7) | 0.000 |
Primary | 22 (36.1) | 52 (23.5) | ||
Secondary | 21 (34.4) | 161 (72.9) | ||
Diploma | 1 (1.6) | 2 (0.9) | ||
Degree | 15 (24.6) | 0 (0) | ||
Marital status | Unmarried | 3 (4.9) | 15 (6.8) | 0.772 |
Married | 58 (95.1) | 206 (93.2) | ||
Occupation of respondent | House wife | 21 (34.4) | 163 (73.8) | 0.000 |
Self employed | 24 (39.3) | 42 (19.0) | ||
Civil servant | 8 (13.1) | 1 (0.5) | ||
Private | 8 (13.1) | 15 (6.8) | ||
Parity | First | 0 (0) | 24 (10.9) | 0.000 |
Second | 61 (100) | 76 (34.4) | ||
Third or more | 0 (0) | 121 (54.7) | ||
Highest level by spouse | No formal education | 0 (0) | 2 (0.9) | 0.000 |
16 (26.2) | 58 (26.2) | |||
Primary | ||||
16 (26.2) | 161 (72.9) | |||
Secondary | ||||
21 (34.4) | 0 (0) | |||
Diploma | ||||
8 (13.1) | 0 (0) | |||
Degree | ||||