Women’s Decision-Making Power on Modern Family Planning Use and Its Associated Factors in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Coupled and personal-related characteristics of married women’s decision-making power on modern family planning use and its associated factors, in Pawe town, northwest Ethiopia, 2021 ().

Variables	Count	Women decision-making power
		No	Yes
Educational level of husband
Cannot write & read	110 (17.7)	77 (12.4)	33 (5.3)
Elementary	224 (36.1)	72 (11.6)	152 (24.5)
Secondary	155 (25.0)	21 (3.4)	134 (21.6)
College/university	131 (21.1)	10 (1.6)	121 (19.5)
Husband occupations
Govt employee	151 (24.4)	12 (1.9)	139 (22.4)
Merchant	127 (20.5)	39 (6.3)	88 (14.2)
Private employee	112 (19.7)	35 (5.6)	87 (14.0)
Farmer	99 (16.0)	42 (6.8)	57 (9.2)
No job	10 (1.6)	1 (0.1)	9 (1.5)
Husband family planning awareness
No	86 (13.9)	75 (12.1)	11 (1.8)
Yes	534 (86.1)	105 (16.9)	429 (69.2)
Current family planning use
No	289 (46.6)	118 (19.0)	171 (27.6)
Yes	331 (53.4)	62 (10.0)	269 (43.4)
Ever family planning use
No	140 (22.6)	85 (13.7)	55 (8.9)
Yes	480 (77.4)	95 (15.3)	385 (62.1)
Intention to have child
No	175 (28.2)	71 (11.5)	104 (16.8)
Yes	445 (71.8)	109 (17.6)	336 (54.2)
Household decision-making
No	253 (40.8)	116 (26.8)	87 (14.0)
Yes	367 (59.2)	14 (2.3)	353 (56.9)
Knowledge about family planning
Poor knowledge	309 (49.8)	133 (21.5)	176 (28.4)
Good knowledge	311 (50.2)	47 (7.6)	264 (42.6)
Attitude towards family planning
Poor attitude	232 (37.4)	137 (22.1)	95 (15.3)
Good attitude	388 (62.6)	43 (6.9)	345 (55.6)