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Table 5 Factors associated with unmet contraceptive need during extended postpartum period, Dessie town, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 (n = 382)

From: Unmet need for modern contraceptives and associated factors among women in the extended postpartum period in Dessie town, Ethiopia

Variable

Unmet need

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

 

Yes

No

   

Age

  ≤ 24

59

39

1

  

 25–34

91

134

.45(.23, .73)

.744(.22, 2.52)

0.635

 35+

23

36

.42(.22, .82)

.71(.25,1.99)

0.511

Women education

 Illiterate

37

15

3.52 (2.23, 4.88)

3.37(1.22, 7.57)a

0.017

 Educated

136

194

1

  

Living arrangement

 Alone/Parents

51

32

2.31(1.24, 4.89)

1.41(.15, 2.08)

0.071

 Spouse

122

177

1

1

 

 Ever use of contraception

   

 Yes

90

146

1

  

  No

83

63

2.14(1.40, 3.25)

2.00(.90, 2. 82)

0.109

ANC service

 Yes

130

198

1

  

 No

43

11

5.95(2.96, 11.97)

2.41(1.11, 5.79)a

0.050

Site of delivery

 Health instn

116

189

1

  

 Home

57

20

3.28(2.86, 5.90)

1.55(.59, 1.86)

0.071

Continuum of PNC

 Yes

43

144

1

  

 No

130

65

6.70(4.26, 10.53)

3.63(2.13, 6.19)a

0.0001

knowledge of lactational amenorrhea method

 No

51

153

1

  

 Yes

122

56

6.54(4.18, 10.23)

7.84(4.10, 15.02)a

0.001

  1. a= significantly associated factors