Table 1 Unmet need for Contraception in women of reproductive age by the year of the survey
Variable | Category | 2012 Survey | 2017 Survey | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % Unmet need for Contraception (95%CI) | P value | Number | % Unmet need for Contraception (95%CI) | P value | ||||
Women (15–49) | 3352 | 31 | (29.43–32.56) | 3196 | 31.63 | (30.02–33.25) | |||
HIV status | |||||||||
HIV-positive | 414 | 41.3 | (27.89–31.19) | 237 | 45.15 | (38.77–51.53) | |||
HIV-negative | 2938 | 29.5 | (27.89–31.19) | < 0.001 | 2959 | 30.55 | (28.89–32.21) | < 0.001 | |
Age group in years | |||||||||
15–19 | 768 | 7.1 | (5.33–8.99) | 731 | 24.62 | (21.49–27.75) | |||
20–24 | 531 | 8.85 | (6.42–11.27) | 564 | 6.56 | (4.51–8.61) | |||
25–29 | 517 | 19.15 | (15.75–22.55) | 490 | 16.12 | (12.86–19.39) | |||
30–34 | 502 | 30.08 | (26.05–34.11) | 444 | 22.75 | (18.83–26.66) | |||
35–39 | 436 | 47.71 | (43.00–52.41) | 400 | 43.25 | (38.37–48.13) | |||
40–44 | 320 | 72.19 | (67.25–77.12) | 326 | 69.33 | (64.29–74.36) | |||
45–49 | 278 | 89.21 | (85.54–92.88) | < 0.001 | 241 | 89.21 | (85.27–93.16) | < 0.001 | |
Place of residence | |||||||||
Rural | 2142 | 29.88 | (27.94–31.82) | 1841 | 31.07 | (28.95–33.19) | |||
Peri Urban | 1210 | 32.98 | (30.32–35.63) | 0.063 | 1355 | 32.39 | (29.90–34.89) | 0.425 | |
Marital status | |||||||||
Never married | 859 | 11.53 | (9.39–13.66) | 878 | 25.97 | (23.06–28.87) | |||
Currently married | 2116 | 34.17 | (32.15–36.19) | 1940 | 30.26 | (28.21–32.30) | |||
Post marriage | 377 | 57.56 | (52.55–62.57) | < 0.001 | 378 | 51.85 | (46.79–56.91) | < 0.001 | |
Education level | |||||||||
None | 820 | 44.02 | (40.06–47.43) | 728 | 39.56 | (36.00–43.12) | |||
Primary (1–4) | 188 | 37.77 | (30.77–44.76) | 142 | 33.1 | (25.26–40.93) | |||
Primary (5–7) | 1895 | 29.76 | (27.70–31.82) | 1684 | 31.71 | (29.49–33.94) | |||
Secondary and tertiary | 449 | 9.58 | (6.84–12.31) | < 0.001 | 642 | 22.12 | (18.90–25.34) | < 0.001 | |
Religion | |||||||||
Christian | 3096 | 30.3 | (28.68–31.92) | 2914 | 30.82 | (29.14–32.49) | |||
Non-Christian | 256 | 39.45 | (33.43–45.48) | 0.002 | 282 | 40.07 | (34.32–45.83) | 0.001 | |
Ethnicity | |||||||||
Sukuma | 3137 | 31.27 | (29.65–32.90) | 2933 | 31.98 | (30.29–33.67) | |||
Other | 215 | 26.98 | (21.00–32.96) | 0.188 | 263 | 27.76 | (22.31–33.20) | 0.158 | |
Earning money | |||||||||
No | 1045 | 19.43 | (17.02–21.83) | 1005 | 30.05 | (27.21–32.89) | |||
Yes | 2307 | 36.24 | (34.27–38.20) | < 0.001 | 2191 | 32.36 | (30.40–34.32) | 0.192 | |
Ever been pregnancy | |||||||||
No | 739 | 7.85 | (5.90–9.79) | 686 | 27.55 | (24.20–30.90) | |||
Yes | 2613 | 37.54 | (35.69–39.40) | < 0.001 | 2510 | 32.75 | (30.91–34.59) | 0.005 | |
Current alcohol taking | |||||||||
No | 3249 | 31.02 | (29.43–32.62) | 3060 | 31.14 | (29.50–32.79) | |||
Yes | 103 | 30.09 | (21.08–39.11) | 0.841 | 136 | 42.65 | (34.23–51.07) | 0.005 | |
Current cigarrete smoking | |||||||||
No | 3335 | 30.88 | (29.32–32.45) | 3173 | 31.71 | (30.09–33.32) | |||
Yes | 17 | 52.94 | (26.49–79.39) | 0.05 | 23 | 21.74 | (3.50–39.98) | 0.306 | |
Number of children | |||||||||