Impact of Sociocultural Factors on Contraceptive Use: A Case Study of Pakistan

Table 3

Regional level logistic regression model of women using contraceptives.

	Rural			Urban
	Estimate	Std. error	OR	Estimate	Std. error	OR
Intercept	-2.868	0.726	0.057	-1.763	0.454	0.172
Age	Reference category “15-24”
25-34	0.087	0.067	1.091	0.312	0.069	1.366
35-44	0.047	0.070	1.049	0.192	0.071	1.212
Above 44	-0.477	0.076	0.621	-0.469	0.078	0.626
Language	Reference category “Urdu”
Baluchi	-0.883	0.127	0.413	-0.820	0.104	0.440
English	0.885	1.158	2.422	11.607	98.484	109893.000
Other	-0.326	0.054	0.722	-0.498	0.070	0.608
Punjabi	0.042	0.058	1.043	-0.044	0.074	0.957
Pushto	0.233	0.067	1.263	-0.111	0.056	0.895
Sariaki	-0.281	0.073	0.755	-0.236	0.161	0.790
Sindhi	-0.943	0.129	0.389	-0.330	0.063	0.719
Province	Reference category “Punjab”
AJK	-0.549	0.062	0.577	-0.378	0.061	0.685
Balochistan	-0.989	0.079	0.372	-0.815	0.073	0.443
FATA	-0.963	0.093	0.382	-0.339	0.099	0.712
GB	0.439	0.069	1.551	0.236	0.085	1.266
ICT	0.143	0.089	1.153	-0.141	0.061	0.868
KPK	-0.501	0.073	0.606	-0.263	0.061	0.769
Sindh	0.376	0.128	1.457	-0.156	0.059	0.855
Education level	Reference category “Un-educated”
Higher	0.311	0.047	1.364	0.256	0.046	1.291
Primary	0.041	0.043	1.042	0.229	0.051	1.258
Secondary	0.170	0.036	1.186	0.055	0.042	1.056
Child	Reference category “Don t have”
Among 1 to 3	2.455	0.724	11.642	1.444	0.450	4.238
Among 4 to 6	3.308	0.724	27.338	2.041	0.450	7.700
Above 7	3.376	0.724	29.243	1.982	0.451	7.256
Working	Reference category “No”
Yes	0.158	0.041	1.172	0.270	0.044	1.309
Wealth index	Reference category “Middle CF”
High class	0.109	0.049	1.116	0.249	0.039	1.283
Low class	-0.595	0.039	0.552	-0.285	0.047	0.752

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