Research Article

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

Table 6

Regional level of preference of contraceptive methods and impact of contextual level variables.

RuralUrban
Modern methodNatural methodSterilizationModern methodNatural methodSterilization
EstimateStd. errorOREstimateStd. errorOREstimateStd. errorOREstimateStd. errorOREstimateStd. errorOREstimateStd. errorOR

Intercept-3.1160.7300.044-16.4230.0920.000-13.6840.2480.001-1.8350.4570.160-16.7640.0890.000-31.4890.0560.000
Age
 25-340.0720.0821.075-0.1290.0990.8791.8630.3246.4420.1910.0801.2100.2960.0951.34514.2110.046148499
 35-44-0.3150.0870.730-0.2000.1030.8192.4960.32412.130-0.1650.0840.8480.1160.0981.12314.8070.03626954
 Above 44-1.1500.1030.317-0.9530.1150.3852.3340.32610.323-1.2630.1020.283-0.5330.1080.58714.4330.044185402
Language
 Baluchi-0.8550.1730.425-1.9410.3540.144-0.2560.2080.774-0.0960.1230.908-1.6210.2130.198-13.4460.0000.001
 English1.3941.1604.031-14.1310.0010.001-10.7250.0010.001-2.0410.0010.13015.0860.00635633-2.0010.0000.135
 Other-0.2500.0710.779-0.2450.0760.783-0.5690.0970.566-0.6400.0990.527-0.4640.0930.629-0.3230.1240.724
 Punjabi-0.0480.0810.9530.1110.0791.1180.0480.0821.049-0.3390.1060.7120.1010.0911.1060.0110.1051.011
 Pushto0.3530.0851.4240.8870.1132.429-1.1270.1290.3240.0130.0711.013-0.0360.0750.965-0.6960.1180.499
 Sariaki-0.5120.1120.599-0.2140.1060.807-0.1350.1050.874-0.7670.2690.464-0.7170.2450.4880.3760.1941.456
 Sindhi-1.3050.1720.271-1.1490.2080.317-0.4940.1850.610-0.4000.0870.670-1.1600.1020.3130.3110.0871.365
Province
 AJK-0.5040.0870.604-0.4110.0870.663-0.7590.0940.468-0.2210.0820.802-0.4670.0800.627-0.5090.0950.601
 Balochistan-0.6380.1070.528-1.2710.1250.281-1.3840.1460.251-0.5590.0970.572-1.0690.1010.343-0.7970.1180.451
 FATA-0.7680.1210.464-1.3700.1440.254-0.9290.1970.3950.0140.1241.014-0.4060.1280.666-1.3480.2500.260
 GB0.6280.0911.8730.6750.0931.964-0.3020.1140.7390.3580.1111.4310.4820.1021.620-0.8150.1650.442
 ICT0.3190.1151.3760.0960.1211.101-0.0110.1290.9890.0810.0781.084-0.3170.0790.728-0.2130.0910.808
 KPK-0.1060.0950.899-1.2220.1230.295-0.3150.1130.7300.0990.0781.104-0.3040.0780.738-1.0310.1060.357
 Sindh0.5190.1671.6810.0250.2001.0250.4230.1821.527-0.0800.0790.923-0.2230.0760.800-0.1460.0870.864
Education level
 Higher0.4690.0631.5980.2140.0681.2390.1900.0771.2090.3870.0611.4730.3340.0621.397-0.0960.0750.908
 Primary0.1990.0601.220-0.0860.0630.917-0.0440.0670.9570.2450.0701.2770.1010.0711.1070.3570.0771.429
 Secondary0.3370.0491.4010.0270.0531.0270.0850.0591.0890.1800.0571.1970.0590.0571.061-0.1720.0690.842
Number children
 Above 71.9470.7257.00815.1100.043364919.7100.090164760.9460.4542.57616.2310.0531119516.2130.05010990
 Among 1 to 32.5260.72512.50516.1580.04410409710.7980.090489360.8280.4502.28815.5600.0405724415.0590.05234678
 Among 4 to 62.6700.72714.43616.1270.05510093810.9060.095544881.2020.4503.32816.0970.0419793516.2990.03611980
Working
 Yes0.0330.0601.0340.1150.0611.1210.2990.0571.3480.2810.0571.3250.3180.0581.3750.1790.0661.196
Wealth index
 High class0.0320.0651.0330.2170.0681.2420.1110.0741.1170.1600.0511.1730.2680.0531.3070.3580.0631.431
 Low class-0.5500.0520.577-0.6110.0560.543-0.6370.0620.529-0.3140.0630.731-0.1500.0660.861-0.4610.0830.630