Women’s socio-demographic and cultural factors influencing unmet need for family planning in rural areas of The Gambia: Evidence from a population-based analytical cross-sectional study

Table 6.

Influence ofparticipants’ socio-cultural and proximate factors on unmet need for FPamong participants

Predictors	B (regression coefficient)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR)	95% C.I. for OR		p-value
Predictors	B (regression coefficient)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR)	Lower	Upper	p-value
Are contraceptives affordable?
Yes	-0.457	0.633	0.371	1.079	0.093
No (Ref)	1
Frequency of sex in a month	0.158	1.172	0.923	1.488	0.194
Frequency of using contraceptives	0.462	1.587	1.041	2.419	0.032*
Use contraceptives before to delay or avoid pregnancy
Yes	-0.396	0.673	0.320	1.414	0.296
No (Ref)	1
Do you get contraceptives when due?
Yes	-0.424	0.655	0.303	1.414	0.281
No (Ref)	1

Ref=Reference category; R2=13.2% - 19.5%, CI= Confidence Interval; *statistical significance p<0.05