Rural women's socio-demographic and cultural determinants on contraceptive uptake in The Gambia: community-based cross-sectional study

Table 5.

Results of Binary Logistic Regression analysis for FP uptake amongreproductive-age women by Socio-cultural and proximate factors

Predictors B (regression coefficient) Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% C.I. for aOR P-value

Lower Upper

Use contraceptives before to delay or avoid pregnancy      
Yes 3.195 24.416 6.680 89.242 <0.001*
No (Ref)   1      
Do you get contraceptives when due?        
Yes 2.029 7.607 3.096 18.691 <0.001*
No (Ref)   1      
Reasons for not discussing FP with your partner        
He does not approve it -0.047 0.954 0.316 2.879 0.933
It is against cultural norms -0.192 0.826 0.229 2.980 0.770
He will regard me as a player 1.787 5.974 1.196 29.841 0.029*
It is against my religious beliefs (Ref)   1      
Have you ever informed your partner for using contraceptives      
Yes -0.936 0.392 0.077 1.991 0.259
No (Ref)   1      
Are contraceptives beneficial?          
Yes 1.173 3.230 0.421 24.786 0.259
No (Ref)   1      
Ref=Reference category, R2=45.3% - 65.5%, CI= Confidence Interval, * statistical significance p<0.05