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Table 2 Percentage of young women aged 15–24 using modern contraception according to background characteristics, Nepal DHS 2016

From: Factors influencing the use of reproductive health services among young women in Nepal: analysis of the 2016 Nepal demographic and health survey

 

Modern contraceptive use

Background characteristics

Percent

95% CI

Number

p-value

2)

Age

 15–19

14.5

[11.5–18.1]

704

0.000

 20–24

23.9

[21.3–26.8]

1684

 

Education

 No education

15.9

[12.1–20.6]

396

0.085

 Primary

20.4

[16.4–25.0]

486

 

 Secondary

23.0

[19.6–26.7]

914

 

 SLC & above

22.4

[18.5–26.7]

593

 

Working status

 Not working

17.8

[14.8–21.2]

1041

0.006

 Working

23.7

[21.0–26.7]

1347

 

Caste/ethnicity

 Brahman/Chhetri

22.4

[18.8–26.5]

608

0.000

 Terai caste

13.5

[9.6–18.7]

463

 

 Dalit

17.4

[12.9–23.0]

366

 

 Janajati

28.6

[24.7–33.0]

795

 

 Muslim

9.3

[5.4–15.6]

157

 

Wealth quintile

 Poorest

22.5

[18.8–26.7]

440

0.422

 Poorer

22.8

[18.4–27.9]

526

 

 Middle

18.7

[15.1–22.9]

589

 

 Richer

19.6

[15.6–24.4]

548

 

 Richest

23.9

[18.2–30.8]

286

 

Number of living children

 0

8.5

[6.3–11.4]

754

0.000

 1–2

26.0

[23.2–29.0]

1532

 

 3+

42.0

[30.4–54.6]

103

 

Fertility preference

 Wants no more children

33.6

[29.7–37.6]

745

0.000

 Wants more children

15.1

[12.9–17.8]

1540

 

 Undecided

20.9

[13.4–31.0]

103

 

Women’s participation in decision-making

 Not participated

16.2

[13.9–18.8]

1226

0.000

 Participated one or more decisions

26.4

[23.2–29.7]

1162

 

Exposure to media (at least once a week)

 Not exposed

17.7

[14.8–21.0]

946

0.005

 Exposed

23.4

[20.7–26.4]

1443

 

Total

21.1

[18.9–23.5]

2389