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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
Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease
| Vol 2, Issue 2
Table 4. Influence ofparticipants’ socio-demographic factors on unmet need for FP amongparticipants
| Predictors | B (regression coefficient) | Adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) | 95% C.I. for aOR | P-value | |
| Lower | Upper | ||||
| Age of women | 0.004 | 1.004 | 0.943 | 1.068 | 0.910 |
| Monthly income | -0.131 | 0.877 | 0.761 | 1.011 | 0.071 |
| Parity | -0.158 | 0.854 | 0.715 | 1.019 | 0.080 |
| Religion |
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| Muslims | -2.341 | 0.096 | 0.008 | 1.189 | 0.068 |
| Christians | -1.416 | 0.243 | 0.011 | 5.221 | 0.366 |
| Traditional African Religion (Ref) | 1 |
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| Age having your first child | -0.106 | 0.899 | 0.815 | 0.992 | 0.033* |
| Local Government Areas |
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| Kerewan | -0.885 | 0.413 | 0.240 | 0.711 | 0.001* |
| Kuntaur | -0.938 | 0.391 | 0.181 | 0.844 | 0.017* |
| Janjanbureh | -0.109 | 0.897 | 0.508 | 1.585 | 0.708 |
| Basse (Ref) | 1 |
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Ref=Reference category; R2=10.0% - 14.8%, CI= Confidence Interval;*Statistical significance p<0.05