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Table 2 Individual level sample characteristics for women of reproductive age by modern contraceptive use status

From: Women’s empowerment, intrahousehold influences, and health system design on modern contraceptive use in rural Mali: a multilevel analysis of cross-sectional survey data

Individual level characteristic

Modern users

N = 626

Non modern users

N = 13,357

All women

N = 14,032

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age

      

 15–19

49

7.8

1770

13.3

1839

13.1

 20–24

138

22.0

2232

16.7

2377

16.9

 25–29

120

19.2

2620

19.6

2746

19.6

 30–34

135

21.6

2308

17.3

2447

17.4

 35–39

99

15.8

1894

14.2

2998

14.2

 40–44

58

9.3

1440

10.8

1499

10.7

 45–49

27

4.3

1093

8.2

1126

8.0

Number of living children

      

 Median/IQR

3

1, 5

3

1, 5

3

1, 5

 None

76

12.1

2284

17.1

2376

16.9

 1–2

184

29.4

3656

27.4

3858

27.5

 3–4

157

25.1

3513

26.3

3674

26.2

 5–6

128

20.5

2555

19.1

2688

19.2

 7 + 

79

12.6

1331

10.0

1416

10.1

 Missing

2

0.3

18

0.1

20

0.1

Ethnicity

      

 Dogon

585

93.5

12,024

90.0

12,646

90.1

 Peulh

14

2.2

1012

7.6

1036

7.4

 Other

27

4.3

320

2.4

350

2.5

Religion

      

 Muslim

597

95.4

13,087

98.0

13,732

97.9

 Catholic

19

3.0

162

1.2

181

1.3

 Other

10

1.6

108

0.8

119

0.9

Marital status

      

 Never married

36

5.8

1131

8.5

1179

8.4

 Divorced/widowed

4

0.6

158

1.2

162

1.2

 Polygynous marriage

246

39.3

5141

38.5

5409

38.6

 Monogamous marriage

340

54.3

6917

51.8

7272

51.8

 Married, arrangement unspecified

0

0

10

0.1

10

0.1

Education

      

 None

457

73.0

12,016

90.0

12,515

89.2

 Primary

120

19.2

1191

8.9

1318

9.4

 Secondary or higher

47

7.5

134

1.0

181

1.3

 Missing

2

0.3

16

0.1

18

0.1

Participates in paid labor

      

 No

458

73.2

11,608

86.9

12,111

86.3

 Yes

168

26.8

1746

13.1

1917

13.7

 Missing

0

0

3

0.0

4

0.0

Mobility

      

 Been to no place

241

38.5

4517

33.8

4767

34.0

 Been to some/all places but none alone

90

14.4

2404

18.0

2498

17.8

 Been to some places alone

196

31.3

3870

29.0

4094

29.2

 Been to all places alone

97

15.5

2532

19.0

2634

18.8

 Missing

2

0.3

34

0.3

39

0.3

Tolerant attitudes for spousal violence

      

 Never tolerated

168

26.8

3677

27.5

3853

27.5

 Sometimes tolerated

280

44.7

5680

42.5

5991

42.7

 Always tolerated

163

26.0

3519

26.4

3687

26.3

 Missing

15

2.4

481

3.6

501

3.6

Decision-making

      

 Not involved in any domains

421

67.3

9747

73.0

10,210

72.8

 Involved in some domains

142

22.7

2318

17.4

2465

17.6

 Involved/independent in all domains

61

9.7

1242

9.3

1204

9.3

 Missing

2

0.3

50

0.4

53

0.4