Table 1 Distribution of married women by the selected variables
From: Determinants of unintended pregnancies among currently married women in Uganda
Categorical variables | Frequency (N = 10,958) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Woman’s age | ||
15–24 | 3041 | 27.8 |
25–34 | 4343 | 39.6 |
35–49 | 3574 | 32.6 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 4273 | 39.0 |
Middle | 2143 | 19.6 |
Rich | 4542 | 41.4 |
Woman’s education level | ||
No education | 1339 | 12.2 |
Primary | 6509 | 59.4 |
Secondary/higher | 3110 | 28.4 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 2561 | 23.4 |
Rural | 8397 | 76.6 |
Region | ||
Central | 2931 | 26.8 |
Eastern | 3020 | 27.6 |
Western | 2842 | 25.9 |
Northern | 2165 | 19.7 |
Religion | ||
Catholic | 4367 | 39.8 |
Anglican | 3427 | 31.3 |
Muslim | 1454 | 13.3 |
Others | 1710 | 15.6 |
Occupation | ||
Not working | 1747 | 16.0 |
Professional/technical/managerial/ clerical | 971 | 8.9 |
Agricultural/household and domestic | 5065 | 46.2 |
Sales/services | 1516 | 13.8 |
Manual | 1659 | 15.1 |
Access to family planning messages | ||
No | 3264 | 29.8 |
Yes | 7694 | 70.2 |
Husband’s age | ||
≤ 24 | 1049 | 9.6 |
25-34 | 3888 | 35.5 |
35-44 | 3366 | 30.7 |
45 and above | 2655 | 24.2 |
Husband’s education level | ||
No education | 703 | 6.4 |
Primary | 5,708 | 52.1 |
Secondary/Higher | 4241 | 38.7 |
Do not know | 306 | 2.8 |
Knowledge on ovulation | ||
During/after period | 5569 | 50.8 |
Middle of the cycle | 2593 | 23.7 |
Before period begins | 998 | 9.1 |
Do not know | 1798 | 16.4 |
Contraceptive use and intention | ||
No | 8537 | 77.9 |
Yes | 2421 | 22.1 |
Discontinuation of contraceptives | ||
No | 2737 | 25.0 |
Yes | 8221 | 75.0 |
Unintended pregnancy | ||
No | 6856 | 62.6 |
Yes | 4102 | 37.4 |
Continuous and count variables | Mean | SD |
Age at sexual debut | 16.5 | 2.6 |
Age at first marriage | 18.4 | 4.1 |
Age at first birth | 18.7 | 3.3 |
Total children ever born | 4.2 | 2.8 |